[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1542 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1542

   To amend title 37, United States Code, to standardize payment of 
 hazardous duty incentive pay for members performing parachute jumping 
     as an essential part of military duty, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2019

  Mr. Manchin 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 37, United States Code, to standardize payment of 
 hazardous duty incentive pay for members performing parachute jumping 
     as an essential part of military duty, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. STANDARDIZATION OF PAYMENT OF HAZARDOUS DUTY INCENTIVE PAY 
              FOR MEMBERS PERFORMING PARACHUTE JUMPING AS AN ESSENTIAL 
              PART OF MILITARY DUTY.

    (a) Payment to Reserve Component Members as if Duty Were Performed 
on Active Duty by Members Entitled to Basic Pay.--Section 301 of title 
37, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)(1), by inserting ``or to a member 
        covered by subsection (g)'' before the period in the last 
        sentence; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) A member of a reserve component of a uniformed service, or 
the National Guard, entitled to compensation under section 206 of this 
title who performs, under orders, duty described in subsection (a)(3) 
in a month is entitled to an increase in compensation for that month 
equal to the amount provided for in the second sentence of subsection 
(c)(1) as if such duty had been performed by the member while entitled 
to basic pay.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2019, and shall apply with respect to duty 
performed in any month beginning on or after that date.
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