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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1325
To provide for the inclusion of hazardous duty pay and diving pay in the 
computation of military retired pay for members of the armed forces 
with extensive hazardous duty experience, to require a study on the 
need for a tax credit for businesses that employ members of the National 
Guard and Reserve, and to require a study on the expansion of the 
Junior ROTC and similar military programs for young people. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2003
Ms. GRANGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To provide for the inclusion of hazardous duty pay and 
diving pay in the computation of military retired pay 
for members of the armed forces with extensive haz-
ardous duty experience, to require a study on the need 
for a tax credit for businesses that employ members 
of the National Guard and Reserve, and to require a 
study on the expansion of the Junior ROTC and similar 
military programs for young people.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recruiting, Retention, 
and Reservist Promotion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY AND DIVING 
PAY IN COMPUTATION OF MILITARY RETIRED 
PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
WITH EXTENSIVE HAZARDOUS DUTY EXPERI-
ENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 71 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1415. Increase in retired pay for members with ex-
tensive hazardous duty experience 
‘‘(a) INCREASE IN RETIRED PAY FOR QUALIFYING 
MEMBERS.—The retired pay of a member who performs 
qualifying hazardous duty and who retires on or after the 
date of the enactment of this section shall be increased 
by the amount determined under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) COMPUTATION OF INCREASE.—The amount of 
an increase in retired pay under this section shall be sum 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) HAZARDOUS DUTY SPECIAL PAY.—If the 
member received special pay under section 301 of 
title 37, the amount equal to the product of—
‘‘(A) the monthly amount of special pay 
under that section as in effect for the final
month for which the member received that spe-
cial pay; and 
‘‘(B) the fraction in which the numerator 
is the number of months for which the member 
received such special pay and the denominator 
is the total number of months for which the 
member received basic pay. 
‘‘(2) DIVING DUTY SPECIAL PAY.—If the mem-
ber received special pay under section 304 of title 
37, the amount equal to the product of—
‘‘(A) the monthly amount of special pay 
under that section as in effect for the final 
months for which the member received that spe-
cial pay; and 
‘‘(B) the fraction in which the numerator 
is the number of months for which the member 
received such special pay and the denominator 
is the total number of months for which the 
member received basic pay. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFYING MEMBERS.—A member shall be 
considered to have performed qualifying hazardous duty 
for purposes of this section if the member received special 
pay under section 301 of title 37 (relating to special pay 
for hazardous duty) or section 304 of title 37 (relating
to special pay for diving duty), or both, for not less than 
60 months (whether or not consecutive). 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT UNDER OTHER PROVISIONS RE-
LATING TO RETIRED PAY.—An amount by which retired 
pay is increased under this section shall not be considered 
to be retired pay for purposes of section 1408 of this title 
or for purposes of the Survivor Benefit Plan under sub-
chapter II of chapter 73 of this title. 
‘‘(e) RETAINER PAY.—In this section, the term ‘re-
tired pay’ includes retainer pay payable under section 
6330 of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘1415. Increase in retired pay for members with extensive hazardous duty expe-
rience.’’.
SEC. 3. STUDY OF TAX CREDITS AND SMALL BUSINESS 
LOAN CHANGES TO ASSIST BUSINESSES THAT 
EMPLOY GUARD AND RESERVE MEMBERS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 
shall conduct a study to determine—
(1) whether members of the National Guard 
and Reserve comprise a disproportionately large por-
tion of the employees of any size or type of business, 
including small business concerns;
(2) the amount of Federal tax benefit which 
would be appropriate to compensate such a business 
for costs associated with employing members of Na-
tional Guard and Reserve units and having such 
members called to active duty; and 
(3) whether changes can be made to the small 
business loan program, such as a targeted level of 
loans, reduced interest rates, and reduced paperwork 
burdens for loan applications, to assist small busi-
ness concerns to deal with the costs associated with 
employing members of National Guard and Reserve 
units and having such members called to active duty. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress a report containing the results of the 
study. The report shall include legislative proposals—
(1) to provide the recommended tax benefit 
identified in the study; and 
(2) to modify the small business loan program 
to assist small business concerns that employ mem-
bers of National Guard and Reserve units. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON EXPANSION OF JUNIOR ROTC AND 
SIMILAR MILITARY PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG 
PEOPLE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps, the Civil Air Patrol, the Naval Sea Cadet 
Corps, and the Young Marines of the Marine Corps 
League provide significant benefits for the Armed 
Forces, including significant public relations bene-
fits; and 
(2) there is substantial interest in expanding 
the scope of these programs. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report providing the Sec-
retary’s assessment of the feasibility and desirability of ex-
panding the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps pro-
gram of each of the military departments, the Civil Air 
Patrol, the Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and the Young Ma-
rines of the Marine Corps League. The report shall include 
such recommendations as the Secretary considers appro-
priate for expansion of these programs through an in-
crease in the number of units or participants in these pro-
grams, increased funding for these programs, or such 
other means as the Secretary determines.
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