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HR 1688 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Veterans' pensions and compensation

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that commissioned officers who serve in a reserve component of the Armed Forces are able to retire in the highest grade in which they have…

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To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that commissioned officers who serve in a reserve component of the Armed Forces are able to retire in the highest grade in which they have successfully served.

Introduced: May 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 24, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 24, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Allows an individual to elect to receive retired pay for non-regular (reserve) service upon retirement for service performed in an active reserve status after attaining eligibility for regular retirement, as long as the individual successfully completes at least two years of active reserve status service.

Allows the Secretary of the military department concerned to reduce the two-year active reserve status requirement in certain cases.

Requires the recomputation of reserve retired pay and, if appropriate, the adjustment of the retired grade of reserve retirees to reflect the successful completion of at least two years of post-retirement service in an active reserve status.

What's happening now April 27, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 794 Related bill A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify certain retirement pay and grade authorities for service perfor…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Boccieri, John
· Jun 9, 2009
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jun 9, 2009
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Jun 3, 2009
Space, Zachary
· May 12, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 23, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1688: To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that commissioned officers who serve in a reserve component of the Armed Forces are able to retire in the highest grade in which they have successfully served.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1688/
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"H.R. 1688: To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that commissioned officers who serve in a reserve component of the Armed Forces are able to retire in the highest grade in which they have successfully served.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1688/.
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H.R. 1688, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1688/.
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