[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4565. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 526. CERTAIN BENEFITS IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICE IN THE 
                   SELECTED RESERVE FOR PREPLANNED MISSIONS IN 
                   SUPPORT OF COMBATANT COMMANDS.

       (a) TRICARE Benefits Before Deployment.--Section 1074(d)(2) 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, 
     or under section 12304b of this title,'' after ``section 
     101(a)(13)(B) of this title''.
       (b) Transitional Health Benefits Following 
     Demobilization.--Section 1145(a)(2) of such title is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) A member who is separated from active duty after a 
     period on active duty in excess of 30 days under an order to 
     active duty under section 12304a or 12304b of this title.''.
       (c) Reduced Eligibility Age for Receipt of Non-Regular 
     Service Retired Pay.--Section 12731(f)(2)(B) of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) 
     and (v), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause 
     (iii):
       ``(iii) Service on active duty described in this 
     subparagraph is also service on active duty after the date of 
     the enactment of this clause under an order to active duty 
     under section 12304b of this title.''; and
       (3) in clause (iv), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 
     inserting ``or (iii)'' after ``or in clause (ii)''.
       (d) Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.--Section 3301(1)(B) 
     of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``12302, or 12304'' and inserting ``12302, 12304, or 
     12304b''.
       (e) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by 
     this section shall take effect on December 31, 2011.
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