[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4700 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4700

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize members of the 
     reserve components of the Armed Forces to participate in the 
           Skillbridge program of the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2021

Mrs. Axne (for herself, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Ryan, 
   Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Ms. Wild, Mr. Bost, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. 
Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Craig, Ms. Slotkin, and 
 Ms. Spanberger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize members of the 
     reserve components of the Armed Forces to participate in the 
           Skillbridge program of the Department of Defense.

    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 ``Transition for Success Act''.

SEC. 2. PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES IN THE SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM.

    Section 1143(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(2) A member of the armed forces is eligible for a program under 
this subsection if--
            ``(A) the member--
                    ``(i) has completed at least 180 days on active 
                duty in the armed forces; and
                    ``(ii) is expected to be discharged or released 
                from active duty in the armed forces within 180 days of 
                the date of commencement of participation in such a 
                program; or
            ``(B) the member is a member of a reserve component.''.
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