US Congress Senate Bill 667 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act This bill makes reserve component members who are deployed to support pre-planned operations of a combatant command eligible for: (1) pre-mobilization health care, (2) transitional health care, (3) consideration of active duty service to reduce the age for retired pay, (4) the high-deployment allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments and frequent mobilizations, (5) Post-9/11 educational assistance, and (6) non-reduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard. The bill makes reserve component members who are deployed in response to a major disaster or emergency eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance. The bill makes all such reserve component members eligible for extension of the time limitation during deployment with respect to training and rehabilitation assistance for veterans with service-connected disabilities. This bill shall apply to any order issued on or after January 1, 2012, for a reserve component member to serve on active duty in support of a pre-planned operation of a combatant command or in response to a major disaster or emergency.

Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act

Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

HB1384 (Related) 2017-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB5038 (Related) 2018-02-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/667/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s667/BILLS-115s667is.pdf