S.Amdt. 4565

SA 4565. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 B of title V, add the following:

SEC. 526. CERTAIN BENEFITS IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICE IN THE
SELECTED RESERVE FOR PREPLANNED MISSIONS IN
SUPPORT OF COMBATANT COMMANDS.

(a) TRICARE Benefits Before Deployment.--Section 1074(d)(2)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``,
or under section 12304b of this title,'' after ``section
101(a)(13)(B) of this title''.
(b) Transitional Health Benefits Following
Demobilization.--Section 1145(a)(2) of such title is amended
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(G) A member who is separated from active duty after a
period on active duty in excess of 30 days under an order to
active duty under section 12304a or 12304b of this title.''.
(c) Reduced Eligibility Age for Receipt of Non-Regular
Service Retired Pay.--Section 12731(f)(2)(B) of such title is
amended--
(1) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv)
and (v), respectively;
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause
(iii):
``(iii) Service on active duty described in this
subparagraph is also service on active duty after the date of
the enactment of this clause under an order to active duty
under section 12304b of this title.''; and
(3) in clause (iv), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by
inserting ``or (iii)'' after ``or in clause (ii)''.
(d) Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.--Section 3301(1)(B)
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking
``12302, or 12304'' and inserting ``12302, 12304, or
12304b''.
(e) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on December 31, 2011.
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