[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4424

    To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the maximum 
reimbursement amount authorized for travel expenses incurred by certain 
members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve to attend inactive 
          duty training outside of normal commuting distances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2016

 Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Takai, Mr. Walz, Mr. Zinke, Mr. 
   Palazzo, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. 
  Ashford, and Mr. Rooney of Florida) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the maximum 
reimbursement amount authorized for travel expenses incurred by certain 
members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve to attend inactive 
          duty training outside of normal commuting distances.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Guard Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT FOR RESERVISTS' TRAVEL EXPENSES TO 
              ATTEND INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL COMMUTING 
              DISTANCES.

    Section 478a(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The amount'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amount''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Higher reimbursement amount authorized.--The 
        Secretary concerned may authorize, on a case-by-case basis, a 
        higher reimbursement amount for a member under subsection (a) 
        when the member--
                    ``(A) resides--
                            ``(i) in the same State as the inactive 
                        duty training location; and
                            ``(ii) outside of an urbanized area with a 
                        population of 50,000 or more, as determined by 
                        the Bureau of the Census; and
                    ``(B) is required to commute to the inactive duty 
                training location--
                            ``(i) using an aircraft or boat on account 
                        of limited or nonexistent vehicular routes to 
                        the training location or other geographical 
                        challenges; or
                            ``(ii) from a permanent residence located 
                        more than 75 miles from the training 
                        location.''.
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