S.Amdt. 5530

SA 5530. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 606. ACCESS TO PAY AND BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE COMPONENTS WHILE REQUESTS FOR RELIGIOUS AND HEALTH ACCOMMODATIONS ARE PENDING.

A member of the National Guard or another reserve component of the Armed Forces shall maintain access to pay and benefits while a request of the member for a religious or health accommodation is pending.