To provide for employment and reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time National Guard Duty.

1. Adds SEC. ___. REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOLLOWING CERTAIN NATIONAL GUARD DUTY at the end of subtitle H of title X

   Adds a section

   In S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Section 382 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "biological or chemical" each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b).

   Inserted: SEC. ___. REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOLLOWING CERTAIN NATIONAL GUARD DUTY.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 4312(c)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking "or" at the end;

   Inserted: (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; or"; and

   Inserted: (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

   Inserted: "(F) ordered to full-time National Guard duty under the provisions of section 502(f) of title 32 when the period of duty is expressly designated in writing by the Secretary of Defense as covered by this subparagraph.".

   Inserted: (b) Effective Date.--Subparagraph (F) of such section 4312(c)(4), as added by subsection (a)(3), shall apply with respect to an individual ordered to full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32 of such Code, on or after September 11, 2001, and shall entitle such individual to rights and benefits under chapter 43 of title 38 of such Code on or after that date.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

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