S.Amdt. 531

SA 531. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Lankford) 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 E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 569. FINAL PAY AND CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE OR RELEASE
FOR RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UPON
DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE STATUS.

(a) In General.--Section 1168(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``A member'';
(2) by striking ``an armed force'' and inserting ``the
armed forces (including the reserve components)'';
(3) by inserting ``or active status'' after ``active duty''
the first place it appears;
(4) by striking ``his discharge certificate or certificate
of release from active duty, respectively,'' and inserting
``the appropriate certificate'';
(5) by striking ``his final pay or a substantial part of
that pay,'' and inserting ``the final pay of the member (or a
substantial part of that pay)'';
(6) by striking ``him or his next of kin or legal
representative'' and inserting ``the member (or the next of
kin or legal representative of the member)''; and
(7) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `appropriate certificate'
means the following:
``(A) In the case of a member being discharged, a discharge
certificate.
``(B) In the case of a member being released from active
duty, a certificate of release from active duty.
``(C) In the case of a member being released from active
status, a certificate of release from active status.
``(3) Any certificate of release from active status
delivered pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to a member
shall specify the total duration of inactive-duty training
performed by the member during the period covered by such
certificate.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section is
amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active
status: limitations''.

(2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 59 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 1168 and inserting the following
new item:

``1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active status:
limitations.''.
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