[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 54 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S3538]
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      By Mr. GRAMS (for himself, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Allard):
  S. 2514. A bill to improve benefits for members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces and their dependents; to the Committee 
on Armed Services.


             fairness for the military reserve act of 2000

 Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
text of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2514

       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 ``Fairness for the Military 
     Reserve Act of 2000''.

     SEC. 2. TRAVEL BY RESERVES ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT OUTSIDE 
                   CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

       (a) Space-Required Travel for Travel to Duty Stations 
     OCONUS.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 18505 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``annual training duty or'' before 
     ``inactive-duty training'' both places it appears; and
       (B) by inserting ``duty or'' before ``training if''.
       (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec. 18505. Space-required travel: Reserves traveling to 
       annual training duty or inactive-duty training OCONUS''.

       (b) Space-Available Travel for Members of Selected Reserve 
     and Gray Area Retirees.--(1) Chapter 1805 of such title is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 18506. Space-available travel: Selected Reserve 
       members and reserve retirees under age 60; dependents

       ``(a) Eligibility for Space-Available Travel.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to provide 
     persons described in subsection (b) with transportation on 
     aircraft of the Department of Defense on a space-available 
     basis under the same terms and conditions (including terms 
     and conditions applicable to travel outside the United 
     States) as apply to members and former members of the armed 
     forces entitled to retired pay.
       ``(b) Eligible Persons.--Subsection (a) applies to the 
     following persons:
       ``(1) A person who is a member of the Selected Reserve in 
     good standing (as determined by the Secretary concerned).
       ``(2) A person who is a member or former member of a 
     reserve component under age 60 who, but for age, would be 
     entitled to retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title.
       ``(c) Dependents.--A dependent of a person described in 
     subsection (b) shall be provided transportation under this 
     section on the same basis as dependents of members and former 
     members of the armed forces entitled to retired pay.
       ``(d) Limitation on Required Identification.--Neither the 
     `Authentication of Reserve Status for Travel Eligibility' 
     form (DD Form 1853) nor any other form, other military 
     identification and duty orders or other forms of 
     identification required of active duty personnel, may be 
     required to be presented by persons requesting space-
     available transportation within or outside the continental 
     United States under this section.
       ``(e) Dependent Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `dependent' has the meanings given that term in subparagraphs 
     (A), (B), (C), (D), and (I) of section 1074(2) of this 
     title.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by striking the item relating to section 18505 and 
     inserting the following:

``18505. Space-required travel: Reserves traveling to annual training 
              duty or inactive-duty training OCONUS.
``18506. Space-available travel: Selected Reserve members and reserve 
              retirees under age 60; dependents.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The regulations required under section 
     18506 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 
     (b), shall be prescribed not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 3. BILLETING SERVICES FOR RESERVE MEMBERS TRAVELING FOR 
                   INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING.

       (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 1217 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after section 12603 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 12604. Billeting in Department of Defense facilities: 
       Reserves attending inactive-duty training

       ``(a) Authority for Billeting on Same Basis as Active Duty 
     Members Traveling Under Orders.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall prescribe regulations authorizing a Reserve traveling 
     to inactive-duty training at a location more than 50 miles 
     from that Reserve's residence to be eligible for billeting in 
     Department of Defense facilities on the same basis and to the 
     same extent as a member of the armed forces on active duty 
     who is traveling under orders away from the member's 
     permanent duty station.
       ``(b) Proof of Reason for Travel.--The Secretary shall 
     include in the regulations the means for confirming a 
     Reserve's eligibility for billeting under subsection (a).''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
     12603 the following new item:

``12604. Billeting in Department of Defense facilities: Reserves 
              attending inactive-duty training.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 12604 of title 10, United 
     States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 
     respect to periods of inactive-duty training beginning more 
     than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 4. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE RETIREMENT 
                   POINTS THAT MAY BE CREDITED IN ANY YEAR.

       Section 12733(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``but not more than'' and all that 
     follows and inserting ``but not more than--
       ``(A) 60 days in any one year of service before the year of 
     service that includes September 23, 1996;
       ``(B) 75 days in the year of service that includes 
     September 23, 1996, and in any subsequent year of service 
     before the year of service that includes the date of the 
     enactment of the Reserve Components Equity Act of 2000; and
       ``(C) 90 days in the year of service that includes the date 
     of the enactment of the Reserve Components Equity Act of 2000 
     and in any subsequent year of service.''.

     SEC. 5. AUTHORITY FOR PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO RESERVE 
                   COMPONENT MEMBERS FOLLOWING RELEASE FROM ACTIVE 
                   DUTY.

       (a) Legal Services.--Section 1044(a) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph (4):
       ``(4) Members of reserve components of the armed forces not 
     covered by paragraph (1) or (2) following release from active 
     duty under a call or order to active duty for more than 30 
     days issued under a mobilization authority (as determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense), but only during the period that 
     begins on the date of the release and is equal to twice the 
     length of the period served on active duty under such call or 
     order to active duty.''.
       (b) Dependents.--Paragraph (5) of such section, as 
     redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking 
     ``and (3)'' and inserting ``(3), and (4)''.
       (c) Implementing Regulations.--Regulations to implement the 
     amendments made by this section shall be prescribed not later 
     than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
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