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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7041 

To provide for a standard record of service on active duty for members 

of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2022 

Mr. PAPPAS (for himself, Ms. MACE, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. TURNER, 

Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. MOORE

of Wisconsin, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, 

Ms. NORTON, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. 

TITUS, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 

BACON, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. CLINE, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. 

TRONE, Mr. COSTA, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. 

FALLON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. 

CRAIG, and Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To provide for a standard record of service on active duty 

for members of the reserve components of the Armed 

Forces, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Record of Military 

5 Service for Members of the Armed Forces Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RECORD OF MILITARY SERVICE FOR MEMBERS OF 

2 THE ARMED FORCES. 

3 (a) STANDARD RECORD OF SERVICE REQUIRED.— 

4 Chapter 59 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

5 by inserting after section 1168 the following new sections: 

6 ‘‘§ 1168a. Discharge or release: record of military 

7 service 

8 ‘‘(a) RECORD OF SERVICE REQUIRED.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

10 shall establish and implement a standard record of 

11 military service for all members of the active and re12 serve components of the armed forces to encompass 

13 all duty under this title and titles 32 and 14. 

14 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The record of service shall 

15 be known as the ‘Certificate of Military Service’. 

16 ‘‘(b) NATURE AND SCOPE.—The record of service re17 quired by subsection (a) shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) consist of a standardized summary of the 

19 service on active duty, inactive duty, annual train20 ing, active duty for training, and State active duty 

21 in the armed forces of each member who serves in 

22 the armed forces; 

23 ‘‘(2) be the same document for all members of 

24 the armed forces; and 

25 ‘‘(3) replace and serve the same function as a 

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1 tive duty for purposes of section 1168 of this title 

2 that is performed as of the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act by Department of Defense Form DD–214. 

4 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, 

5 the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with all applica6 ble stakeholders, including the Secretary of Veterans Af7 fairs, in order to ensure that the record of service required 

8 by subsection (a) serves as acceptable proof of military 

9 service for receipt of applicable benefits under the laws 

10 administered by such stakeholders.’’. 

11 (b) ISSUANCE TO MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPO12 NENTS.—Chapter 59 of such title, as amended by sub13 section (a), is further amended by inserting after section 

14 1168a the following new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 1168b. Record of military service: issuance to mem16 bers of reserve components 

17 ‘‘An up-to-date record of service (as provided for by 

18 section 1168a of this title) shall be issued to members of 

19 the reserve components of the armed forces as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) Upon permanent change to duty status 

21 (retirement, resignation, Expiration Term of Service, 

22 commissioning to officer/warrant officer, or perma23 nent transfer to active duty). 


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1 ‘‘(2) Upon discharge or release from temporary 

2 active duty orders (minimum of 90 days on orders 

3 or 30 days for a contingency operation). 

4 ‘‘(3) Upon promotion to each grade (starting at 

5 O–3 for commissioned officers, W–3 for warrant of6 ficers, and E–4 for enlisted members). 

7 ‘‘(4) In the case of a member of the National 

8 Guard, upon any transfer to the National Guard of 

9 another State or territory (commonly referred to as 

10 an ‘Interstate Transfer’).’’. 

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO CUR12 RENT DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 

14 1168 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘his discharge certificate or 

16 certificate of release from active duty, respec17 tively, and his final pay’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

18 member’s record or military service (as provided 

19 for by section 1168a of this title), and the 

20 member’s final pay’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘him or his’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘the member or the member’s’’. 

23 (2) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of 

24 such section 1168 is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1168. Discharge or release from active duty: limita2 tions; issuance of record of military serv3 ice’’. 

4 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 at the beginning of chapter 59 of such title is amended 

6 by striking the item relating to section 1168 and inserting 

7 the following new items: 

‘‘1168. Discharge or release from active duty: limitations; issuance of record of 

military service. 

‘‘1168a. Discharge or release: record of military service. 

‘‘1168b. Record of military service: issuance to members of reserve components.’’. 

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