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Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act

Introduced: March 15, 2017 See on congress.gov

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Mar 15, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Mar 15, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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 training and rehabilitation assistance for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

This bill shall apply to any order issued on or after January 1, 2012, for a reserve component member to serve on active duty in support of a pre-planned operation of a combatant command or in response to a major disaster or emergency.

What's happening now March 15, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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