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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7382 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations that grant 

constructive credit towards retirement for a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual 

training requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating circumstance arising from the COVID–19 pandemic. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2020 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. VELA, and Mr. 

CISNEROS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations that grant constructive credit towards retirement 

for a member of the reserve components of the Armed 

Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training 

requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating 

circumstance arising from the COVID–19 pandemic. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guard and Reserve 

5 Retirement Points during COVID–19 Pandemic Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 

2 OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS WHO CAN3 NOT COMPLETE MINIMUM ANNUAL TRAINING 

4 REQUIREMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID– 

5 19 PANDEMIC. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY.—Under regulations prescribed by 

7 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary, in computing re8 tired pay pursuant to Section 12733 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, may approve constructive credit, in addition 

10 to points earned under section 12732(a)(2) of such title, 

11 for a member of the reserve components of the Armed 

12 Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training re13 quirements due to cancellation or other extenuating cir14 cumstance arising from the covered national emergency. 

15 (b) REPORTING.— 

16 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one 

17 year after the date on which the covered national 

18 emergency ends, the Secretary of Defense shall sub19 mit to the congressional defense committees a report 

20 on the use of the authority under subsection (a). 

21 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under this sub22 section shall include, with respect to each reserve 

23 component, the following: 

24 (A) The number of individuals granted 

25 constructive credit as a result of a training can26 cellation. 


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1 (B) The number of individuals granted 

2 constructive credit as a result of another ex3 tenuating circumstance. 

4 (C) Recommendations of the Secretary 

5 whether the authority under subsection (a) 

6 should be made permanent and under what cir7 cumstances such permanent authority should 

8 apply. 

9 (3) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days 

10 after submitting the report under paragraph (1), the 

11 Secretary shall— 

12 (A) publish the report on a publicly acces13 sible website of the Department of Defense; and 

14 (B) ensure that any data in the report is 

15 made available in a machine-readable format 

16 that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable. 

17 (c) COVERED NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEFINED.—In 

18 this section, the term ‘‘covered national emergency’’ 

19 means the national emergency declared on March 13, 

20 2020, by the President under the National Emergencies 

21 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to COVID–19. 

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