S.Amdt. 383

SA 383. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Heitkamp, and Ms.
Baldwin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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:

PART II--RESERVE COMPONENT BENEFITS PARITY

SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR PRE-
MOBILIZATION HEALTH CARE.

Section 1074(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``in support of a contingency operation
under'' and inserting ``under section 12304b of this title
or''.

SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR
TRANSITIONAL HEALTH CARE.

Section 1145(a)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``in support of a contingency operation''
and inserting ``under section 12304b of this title or a
provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this
title''.

SEC. ___. CONSIDERATION OF SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY TO REDUCE
AGE FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIRED PAY FOR NON-
REGULAR SERVICE.

Section 12731(f)(2)(B)(i) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by striking ``under a provision of law referred to
in section 101(a)(13)(B) or under section 12301(d)'' and
inserting ``under section 12301(d) or 12304b of this title or
a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B)''.

SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR HIGH-
DEPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE FOR LENGTHY OR NUMEROUS
DEPLOYMENTS AND FREQUENT MOBILIZATIONS.

Section 436(a)(2)(C)(ii) of title 37, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after ``under'' the first place it
appears the following: ``section 12304b of title 10 or''.

SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR POST-
9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

Section 3301(1)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``or 12304'' and inserting ``12304,
12304a, or 12304b''.

SEC. ___. ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR
NONREDUCTION IN PAY WHILE SERVING IN THE
UNIFORMED SERVICES OR NATIONAL GUARD.

Section 5538(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after
``under'' the following: ``section 12304b of title 10 or''.

SEC. ___. EFFECT OF ORDER TO SERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY ON
ELIGIBILITY FOR OR USE OF CERTAIN MILITARY
BENEFITS.

(a) Exception to Voluntary Separation Pay Repayment
Requirement for Members Who Return to Active Duty.--Section
1175a(j)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``or 12304'' and inserting ``12304, 12304a, or
12304b''.
(b) Time Limitation for Training and Rehabilitation for
Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities.--Section
3103(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``or 12304'' and inserting ``12304, 12304a, or
12304b''.

SEC. ___. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENTS.

The amendments made by this part shall apply with respect
to any order for a member of a reserve component to serve on
active duty under section 12304a or 12304b of title 10,
United States Code, issued on or after January 1, 2012.
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