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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4930 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the 

reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active 

duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support 

of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit 

for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular 

service retired pay, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2007 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. 

HAYES, and Mr. LATHAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 

who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive 

credit for such service in determining eligibility for early 

receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other 

purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Guardsmen 

3 and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) Since September 11, 2001, members of the 

7 reserve components of the Armed Forces have been 

8 sent into harm’s way and fought alongside members 

9 of the regular components of the Armed Forces. 

10 (2) Between September 11, 2001, and Decem11 ber 7, 2007, more than 600,000 members of the re12 serve components have been mobilized in support of 

13 military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and for 

14 other contingency operations. 

15 (3) More than 142,000 members of the reserve 

16 components have been mobilized more than once 

17 during this same period. 

18 (4) On December 7, 2007, the conference re19 port for H. R. 1585, the National Defense Author20 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, was filed, and sec21 tion 647 of the conference report consists of an 

22 amendment to section 12731 of title 10, United 

23 States Code, offering an earlier retirement benefit 

24 for members of the reserve components who are mo25 bilized in support of contingency operations. 


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1 (5) The House of Representatives agreed to the 

2 conference report on December 12, 2007, and the 

3 Senate agreed to the conference report on December 

4 14, 2007. 

5 (6) However, the amendment made by section 

6 647 of the conference report only considers service 

7 performed after the date of the enactment of the 

8 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2008, and this effective date fails to recognize the 

10 service and sacrifice made by members of the reserve 

11 components since September 11, 2001. 

12 SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF SERVICE SINCE SEPTEMBER 

13 11, 2001, IN DETERMINING EARLY ELIGIBILITY 

14 FOR RECEIPT OF NON-REGULAR SERVICE RE15 TIRED PAY. 

16 Subsection (f) of section 12731 of title 10, United 

17 States Code, as added by section 647 of the National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, is amended 

19 in paragraph (2)(A)— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of 

21 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

22 Year 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘September 11, 2001’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘in any fiscal year after such 

25 date’’ and inserting ‘‘such duty or service after that 


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1 date during fiscal year 2002 and any subsequent fis2 cal year’’. 

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