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HR 6957 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves

National Guard COVID–19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act

Introduced: May 22, 2020 Introduced by: Panetta, Jimmy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Sep 30, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
May 22, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
May 22, 2020
Introduced in House
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National Guard COVID-19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat full-time National Guard duty performed in response to the national emergency with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as a period of not shorter than 90 days (i.e., the threshold usually required for eligibility for certain retirement and education benefits).

Members of Congress are excluded and must deploy for not fewer than 90 days to receive similar benefits eligibility.

What's happening now September 30, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 39
All 39 Democratic 29 Republican 1
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Jul 24, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Jun 15, 2020
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jun 11, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Jun 11, 2020
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jun 1, 2020
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · May 28, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · May 28, 2020
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 28, 2020
Axne, Cynthia
· May 26, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · May 22, 2020
Brown, Anthony
· May 22, 2020
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · May 22, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 22, 2020
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · May 22, 2020
 D
Costa, Jim
California · May 22, 2020
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · May 22, 2020
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · May 22, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· May 22, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · May 22, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · May 22, 2020
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · May 22, 2020
KING, PETER
· May 22, 2020
Lamb, Conor
· May 22, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2020
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 22, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 22, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 22, 2020
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · May 22, 2020
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · May 22, 2020
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · May 22, 2020
SERRANO, JOSE
· May 22, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 22, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 22, 2020
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 22, 2020
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 22, 2020
Vela, Filemon
· May 22, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 22, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 22, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6957: National Guard COVID–19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6957/
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