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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1360 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the final pay and 

certificate of discharge or release for a reserve member of the Armed 

Forces is ready upon discharge or release of that member from active 

status. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 8, 2019 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

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

final pay and certificate of discharge or release for a 

reserve member of the Armed Forces is ready upon discharge or release of that member from active status. 

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 ‘‘Reserve Component 

5 DD–214 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINAL PAY AND CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE OR 

2 RELEASE FOR RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE 

3 ARMED FORCES UPON DISCHARGE OR RE4 LEASE FROM ACTIVE STATUS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1168(a) of title 10, 

6 United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘A member’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘an armed force’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘the armed forces (including the reserve compo10 nents)’’; 

11 (3) by inserting ‘‘or active status’’ after ‘‘active 

12 duty’’ the first place it appears; 

13 (4) by striking ‘‘his discharge certificate or cer14 tificate of release from active duty, respectively,’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘the appropriate certificate’’; 

16 (5) by striking ‘‘his final pay or a substantial 

17 part of that pay,’’ and inserting ‘‘the final pay of the 

18 member (or a substantial part of that pay)’’; 

19 (6) by striking ‘‘him or his next of kin or legal 

20 representative’’ and inserting ‘‘the member (or the 

21 next of kin or legal representative of the member)’’; 

22 and 

23 (7) by adding at the end the following new 

24 paragraphs: 

25 ‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘appropriate certifi26 cate’ means the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) In the case of a member being discharged, 

2 a discharge certificate. 

3 ‘‘(B) In the case of a member being released 

4 from active duty, a certificate of release from active 

5 duty. 

6 ‘‘(C) In the case of a member being released 

7 from active status, a certificate of release from ac8 tive status. 

9 ‘‘(3) Any certificate of release from active status de10 livered pursuant to paragraph (1) with respect to a mem11 ber shall specify the total duration of inactive-duty train12 ing performed by the member during the period covered 

13 by such certificate.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (1) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of 

16 such section is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘§ 1168. Discharge or release from active duty or ac18 tive status: limitations’’. 

19 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

20 at the beginning of chapter 59 of such title is 

21 amended by striking the item relating to section 

22 1168 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘1168. Discharge or release from active duty or active status: limitations.’’. 

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