[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 850. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
Hoeven, Ms. Heitkamp, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Manchin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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:

               PART II--RESERVE COMPONENT BENEFITS PARITY

     SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR PRE-
                   MOBILIZATION HEALTH CARE.

       Section 1074(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``in support of a contingency operation 
     under'' and inserting ``under section 12304b of this title 
     or''.

     SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR 
                   TRANSITIONAL HEALTH CARE.

       Section 1145(a)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``in support of a contingency operation'' 
     and inserting ``under section 12304b of this title or a 
     provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this 
     title''.

     SEC. ___. CONSIDERATION OF SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY TO REDUCE 
                   AGE FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIRED PAY FOR NON-
                   REGULAR SERVICE.

       Section 12731(f)(2)(B)(i) of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking ``under a provision of law referred to 
     in section 101(a)(13)(B) or under section 12301(d)'' and 
     inserting ``under section 12301(d) or 12304b of this title or 
     a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B)''.

     SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR HIGH-
                   DEPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE FOR LENGTHY OR NUMEROUS 
                   DEPLOYMENTS AND FREQUENT MOBILIZATIONS.

       Section 436(a)(2)(C)(ii) of title 37, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after ``under'' the first place it 
     appears the following: ``section 12304b of title 10 or''.

     SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR 
                   NONREDUCTION IN PAY WHILE SERVING IN THE 
                   UNIFORMED SERVICES OR NATIONAL GUARD.

       Section 5538(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after 
     ``under'' the following: ``section 12304b of title 10 or''.

     SEC. ___. EFFECT OF ORDER TO SERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY ON 
                   ELIGIBILITY FOR OR USE OF CERTAIN MILITARY 
                   BENEFITS.

       Section 1175a(j)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``or 12304'' and inserting ``12304, 
     12304a, or 12304b''.

     SEC. ___. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENTS.

       The amendments made by this part shall apply with respect 
     to any order for a member of a reserve component to serve on 
     active duty under section 12304a or 12304b of title 10, 
     United States Code, issued on or after January 1, 2012.
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