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S.Amdt. 5338Senate110th Congress (2007-2009)

S.Amdt. 5338

What it does: Adds SEC. 587. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE FROM LIMITATIONS ON LEAVE ACCUMULATED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle G of title V
Sponsored by Joseph R. Biden Jr.Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE)
Submitted September 9, 2008

What it changes

1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text

Adds a section

  1. Adds SEC. 587. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE FROM LIMITATIONS ON LEAVE ACCUMULATED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES at the end of subtitle G of title V

    Adds a section

    In S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate

    "(2) No officer or employee of the Department of Defense may interfere with the ability of the Legal Counsel to give independent legal advice to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.".

    Inserted: SEC. 587. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE FROM LIMITATIONS ON LEAVE ACCUMULATED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    Inserted: Section 705 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

    Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

    Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):

    Inserted: "(c) Any period of rest and recuperation absence received by a member under subsection (b)(2) shall not be treated as leave accumulated by the member for purposes of section 701 of this title.".

    Original wording

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

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As printed

SA 5338. Mr. REID (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Bayh)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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 G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 587. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REST AND RECUPERATION LEAVE FROM LIMITATIONS ON LEAVE ACCUMULATED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Section 705 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):

“(c) Any period of rest and recuperation absence received by a member under subsection (b)(2) shall not be treated as leave accumulated by the member for purposes of section 701 of this title.”.

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September 9, 2008