[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 195 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1721. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1618 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Hatch (for himself 
and Ms. Murkowski)) to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INCLUSION OF QUALIFIED MEMBERS OF A RESERVE 
                   COMPONENT.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 51 is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``or'' at the end,
       (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``, or'', and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(K) a qualified member of a reserve component.'', and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(16) Qualified member of a reserve component.--The term 
     `qualified member of a reserve component' means any 
     individual who is certified by the designated local agency 
     as, for not less than 60 days during the 12-month period 
     ending on the hiring date, being on orders for--
       ``(A) training under section 502, 503, 504, or 505 of title 
     32, United States Code, or
       ``(B) active duty under section 12301, 12302, 12304, 
     12304a, or 12304b of title 10, United States Code.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to individuals who begin work for the employer 
     after December 31, 2017.
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