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H.R. 1384 115th Congress House

Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act

Official title: To amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38 of the United States Code to ensure that an order to serve on active duty under sections 12304a and 12304b of title 10, Unite… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38 of the United States Code to ensure that an order to serve on active duty under sections 12304a and 12304b of title 10, United States Code, is treated the same as other orders to serve on active duty for determining the eligibility of members of the uniformed services and veterans for certain benefits and for calculating the deadlines for certain benefits.

Introduced: October 25, 2017 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysisDisaster relief and insuranceHigher educationMilitary civil functions
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Military medicineMilitary operations and strategyMilitary personnel and dependentsNational Guard and reservesStudent aid and college costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 30, 2017
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mar 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 5, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act

This bill makes reserve component members who are deployed to support pre planned operations of a combatant command eligible for: (1) pre-mobilization health care, (2) transitional health care, (3) consideration of active duty service to reduce the age for retired pay, (4) the high-deployment allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments and frequent mobilizations, (5) Post-9/11 educational assistance, and (6) non-reduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard.

The bill makes reserve component members who are deployed in response to a major disaster or emergency eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance.

The bill makes all such reserve component members eligible for extension of the time limitation during deployment with respect to: (1) educational assistance, and (2) training and rehabilitation assistance for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2416 National Guard and Reserves Benefits Parity Act
  • HR 5038 Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act of 2018
  • S 667 Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 46
All 46 Democratic 20 Republican 13
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Sep 25, 2018
Faso, John
· Jul 10, 2018
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Nov 9, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 25, 2017
 R
Kelly, Trent
Mississippi · Jun 26, 2017
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 26, 2017
Kihuen, Ruben
· May 26, 2017
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · May 16, 2017
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · May 16, 2017
Jenkins, Evan
· May 16, 2017
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 16, 2017
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 27, 2017
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 27, 2017
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Apr 27, 2017
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Apr 20, 2017
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Apr 8, 2017
Paulsen, Erik
· Apr 8, 2017
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Apr 3, 2017
 R
Bergman, Jack
Michigan · Apr 3, 2017
 R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Apr 3, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 3, 2017
Harper, Gregg
· Apr 3, 2017
Lewis, Jason
· Apr 3, 2017
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Apr 3, 2017
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Mar 27, 2017
Bridenstine, Jim
· Mar 27, 2017
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Mar 27, 2017
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Mar 27, 2017
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Mar 27, 2017
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 21, 2017
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 21, 2017
Roby, Martha
· Mar 21, 2017
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Mar 21, 2017
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 17, 2017
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Mar 17, 2017
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 17, 2017
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 17, 2017
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Mar 17, 2017
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Mar 17, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 17, 2017
O'Rourke, Beto
· Mar 17, 2017
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Mar 17, 2017
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Mar 10, 2017
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Mar 9, 2017
Walz, Timothy
· Mar 7, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1384: Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1384/
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"H.R. 1384: Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1384/.
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H.R. 1384, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1384/.
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