[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S4381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Graham of South Carolina, and Mr. 
        Allen):
  S. 705. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to alleviate 
delay in the payment of the Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus to 
members of Selected Reserve who are mobilized; to the Committee on 
Veteran's Affairs.
  Mr. McCAIN. 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. 705

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

     SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF SELECTED RESERVE REENLISTMENT BONUS TO 
                   MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE WHO ARE MOBILIZED.

       Section 308b of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as 
     subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection (d):
       ``(d) Payment to Mobilized Members.--In the case of a 
     member entitled to a bonus under this section who is called 
     or ordered to active duty, any amount of such bonus that is 
     payable to the member during the period of active duty of the 
     member shall be paid the member during that period of active 
     duty, notwithstanding the service of the member on active 
     duty pursuant to such call or order to active duty.''.
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