[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3534]
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  SA 531. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Lankford) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 569. FINAL PAY AND CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE OR RELEASE 
                   FOR RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UPON 
                   DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE STATUS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1168(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``A member'';
       (2) by striking ``an armed force'' and inserting ``the 
     armed forces (including the reserve components)'';
       (3) by inserting ``or active status'' after ``active duty'' 
     the first place it appears;
       (4) by striking ``his discharge certificate or certificate 
     of release from active duty, respectively,'' and inserting 
     ``the appropriate certificate'';
       (5) by striking ``his final pay or a substantial part of 
     that pay,'' and inserting ``the final pay of the member (or a 
     substantial part of that pay)'';
       (6) by striking ``him or his next of kin or legal 
     representative'' and inserting ``the member (or the next of 
     kin or legal representative of the member)''; and
       (7) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `appropriate certificate' 
     means the following:
       ``(A) In the case of a member being discharged, a discharge 
     certificate.
       ``(B) In the case of a member being released from active 
     duty, a certificate of release from active duty.
       ``(C) In the case of a member being released from active 
     status, a certificate of release from active status.
       ``(3) Any certificate of release from active status 
     delivered pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to a member 
     shall specify the total duration of inactive-duty training 
     performed by the member during the period covered by such 
     certificate.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section is 
     amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active 
       status: limitations''.

       (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 59 of such title is amended by striking 
     the item relating to section 1168 and inserting the following 
     new item:

``1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active status: 
              limitations.''.
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