S.Amdt. 357

SA 357. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 A of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 602. REPORT ON EXTENSION TO MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE
COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF SPECIAL AND
INCENTIVE PAYS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
NOT CURRENTLY PAYABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE
COMPONENTS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
setting forth the results of a study, conducted by the
Secretary for purposes of the report, on the feasability and
advisability of paying eligible members of the reserve
components of the Armed Forces any special or incentive pay
for members of the Armed Forces that is not currently payable
to members of the reserve components.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
set forth the following:
(1) An estimate of the yearly cost of paying members of the
reserve components risk pay and flight pay under sections
351, 334 and 334a of title 37, United States Code, at the
same rate as members on active duty, regardless of number of
periods of instruction or appropriate duty participated in,
so long as there is at least one such period of instruction
or appropriate duty in the month.
(2) A statement of the number of members of the reserve
components who qualify or potentially qualify for hazardous
duty incentive pay based on current professions or required
duties, broken out by hazardous duty categories set forth in
section 351 of title 37, United States Code.
(3) If the Secretary determines that payment to eligible
members of the reserve components of any special or incentive
pay for members of the Armed Forces that is not currently
payable to members of the reserve components is feasable and
advisable, such recommendations as the Secretary considers
appropriate for legislative or administrative action to
authorize such payment.
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