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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1879 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 259
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1879

                          [Report No. 111-450]

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for employment and 
   reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time 
                          National Guard duty.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2009

 Mr. Coffman of Colorado (for himself and Ms. Bordallo) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

                             March 22, 2010

Additional sponsors: Mr. Filner, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Welch, 
  Ms. Fallin, Mr. Baird, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Miller of 
Florida, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Harper, 
   Mr. Buyer, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Tim Murphy of 
                     Pennsylvania, and Ms. Granger

                             March 22, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for employment and 
   reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time 
                          National Guard duty.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Employment 
Protection Act of 2009''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOLLOWING CERTAIN NATIONAL GUARD 
              DUTY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Reemployment Rights.--Section 4312(c)(4) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
        (D);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking the period at the end of 
        subparagraph (E) and inserting ``; or''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraph:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) ordered to full-time National Guard 
                duty under the provisions of section 502(f) of title 32 
                when the period of duty is designated by the Secretary 
                of Defense as covered by this 
                subparagraph.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Effective Date.--Subparagraph (F) of section 
4312(c)(4) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall apply with respect to an individual ordered to full-time National 
Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, on or 
after September 11, 2001, and shall entitle such individual to rights 
and benefits under chapter 43 of title 38 of such Code on or after that 
date.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Employment Protection 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOLLOWING CERTAIN NATIONAL GUARD DUTY.

    (a) Reemployment Rights.--Section 4312(c)(4) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) ordered to full-time National Guard duty 
                under the provisions of section 502(f) of title 32 when 
                the period of duty is expressly designated in writing 
                by the Secretary of Defense as covered by this 
                subparagraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subparagraph (F) of section 4312(c)(4) of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply 
with respect to an individual ordered to full-time National Guard duty 
under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, on or after 
September 11, 2001, and shall entitle such individual to rights and 
benefits under chapter 43 of title 38 of such Code on or after that 
date.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 259

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1879

                          [Report No. 111-450]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for employment and 
   reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time 
                          National Guard duty.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 22, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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