[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1360 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1360

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the final pay and 
 certificate of discharge or release for a reserve member of the Armed 
 Forces is ready upon discharge or release of that member from active 
                                status.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2019

  Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the final pay and 
 certificate of discharge or release for a reserve member of the Armed 
 Forces is ready upon discharge or release of that member from active 
                                status.

    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 ``Reserve Component DD-214 Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. FINAL PAY AND CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FOR RESERVE 
              MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UPON DISCHARGE OR RELEASE 
              FROM ACTIVE STATUS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1168(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``A member'';
            (2) by striking ``an armed force'' and inserting ``the 
        armed forces (including the reserve components)'';
            (3) by inserting ``or active status'' after ``active duty'' 
        the first place it appears;
            (4) by striking ``his discharge certificate or certificate 
        of release from active duty, respectively,'' and inserting 
        ``the appropriate certificate'';
            (5) by striking ``his final pay or a substantial part of 
        that pay,'' and inserting ``the final pay of the member (or a 
        substantial part of that pay)'';
            (6) by striking ``him or his next of kin or legal 
        representative'' and inserting ``the member (or the next of kin 
        or legal representative of the member)''; and
            (7) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `appropriate certificate' means 
the following:
            ``(A) In the case of a member being discharged, a discharge 
        certificate.
            ``(B) In the case of a member being released from active 
        duty, a certificate of release from active duty.
            ``(C) In the case of a member being released from active 
        status, a certificate of release from active status.
    ``(3) Any certificate of release from active status delivered 
pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to a member shall specify the 
total duration of inactive-duty training performed by the member during 
the period covered by such certificate.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section is 
        amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active status: 
              limitations''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 59 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 1168 and inserting the following 
        new item:

``1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active status: 
                            limitations.''.
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