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S 1859 108th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Labor and Employment Military pensions National Guard Retirement age Social Welfare

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the age and service requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular service.

Introduced: November 14, 2003 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/14/2003 S14811)
Nov 14, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14810-14811)
Nov 14, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Makes an individual eligible for retired pay for non-regular (reserve) military service if such individual: (1) satisfies one of the combinations of minimum age (between 53 and 60) and years of service (between 34 and 20); (2) performed the last six years of qualifying service in currently authorized categories of military service, but not while a member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve (with an exception); and (3) is not entitled to any other retirement pay from an armed force or as a member of the Fleet Reserves.
What's happening now November 14, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/14/2003 S14811)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1859: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the age and service requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular service.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1859/
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"S. 1859: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the age and service requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular service.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1859/.
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S. 1859, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1859/.
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[S. 1859: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the age and service requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for non-regular service.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1859/)
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