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HR 4045 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Employee leave National Guard and reserves

To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date.

Introduced: February 15, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2012
Signed by President.
May 25, 2012
Became Public Law No: 112-120.
May 18, 2012
Presented to President.
May 17, 2012
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3292)
May 17, 2012
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 17, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3292)
May 16, 2012
Received in the Senate, read twice.
May 15, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4045.
May 15, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2695-2698)
May 15, 2012
Mr. Kline moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 15, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 15, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2695-2696)
May 15, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2695-2696)
Mar 15, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 15, 2012
Introduced in House
Feb 15, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 15, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to determine that the changes made to the program guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days or other authorized benefits described herein to members and former members of the reserves under a specified Department of Defense (DOD) instruction shall not apply to current or former reservists whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued until the termination of the mobilization.

Includes within such authorized benefits: (1) the payment of up to $200 per day for each day the individual would have qualified for a day of administrative absence had the above changes not applied to the individual, in the case of a former member of the Armed Forces; (2) either one day of administrative absence or up to $200 per day as described above, in the case of a member on active duty at the time of the provision of benefits; and (3) either one day of administrative absence to be retained for future use or up to $200 per day as described above, in the case of a member serving in the Selected Reserve, Inactive National Guard, or Individual Ready Reserve at the time of the provision of benefits. Excludes such additional benefits for former members discharged or released under other than honorable conditions.

Terminates the benefit authority under this Act on October 1, 2014.

Directs the Secretary to transfer specified funds from the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund as a funding offset for such benefits.

What's happening now May 25, 2012

Became Public Law No: 112-120.

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