I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3358 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention on 
active duty after demobilization of members of the reserve components 
of the Armed Forces following extended deployments in contingency 
operations or homeland defense missions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2009 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. WU, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and 
Mr. WALDEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Vet-
erans’ Affairs and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the 
retention on active duty after demobilization of members 
of the reserve components of the Armed Forces following 
extended deployments in contingency operations or home-
land defense missions, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Troops’ Soft Landing, 
Employment, and Rural Transportation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RETENTION ON ACTIVE DUTY AFTER DEMOBILIZA-
TION OF RESERVES FOLLOWING EXTENDED 
DEPLOYMENTS 
IN 
CONTINGENCY 
OPER-
ATIONS OR HOMELAND DEFENSE MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1209 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 12323. RESERVES: RETENTION ON ACTIVE DUTY 
AFTER 
DEMOBILIZATION 
FOLLOWING 
EX-
TENDED DEPLOYMENTS IN CONTINGENCY 
OPERATIONS OR HOMELAND DEFENSE MIS-
SIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A member of a reserve compo-
nent of the Armed Forces described in subsection (b) shall 
be retained on active duty in the Armed Forces for a pe-
riod of 90 days following the conclusion of the member’s 
demobilization from a deployment as described in that 
subsection, and shall be authorized the use of any accrued 
leave. 
‘‘(b) COVERED MEMBERS.—A member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces described in this sub-
section is any member of a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces who was deployed for more than 179 days 
under the following: 
‘‘(1) A contingency operation. 
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‘‘(2) A homeland defense mission (as specified 
by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this sec-
tion). 
‘‘(c) PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a member on active duty under sub-
section (a) shall be paid pay and allowances as follows: 
‘‘(1) For the first 30 days during which the 
member is so retained on active duty— 
‘‘(A) the basic pay payable to a member of 
the Armed Forces under section 204 of title 37 
in the same pay grade as the member; 
‘‘(B) the basic allowance for subsistence 
payable under section 402 of title 37; and 
‘‘(C) the basic allowance for housing pay-
able under section 403 of title 37 for a member 
in the same pay grade, geographic location, and 
number of dependents as the member. 
‘‘(2) For the second 30 days during which the 
member is so retained on active duty, basic pay, 
basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance 
for housing as described in paragraph (1) but at 
rates equal to 75 percent of the rates otherwise pay-
able as described in that paragraph. 
‘‘(3) For the third 30 days during which the 
member is so retained on active duty, basic pay, 
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basic allowance for subsistence, and basic allowance 
for housing as described in paragraph (1) but at 
rates equal to 50 percent of the rates otherwise pay-
able as described in that paragraph. 
‘‘(d) RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) A member 
retained on active duty under subsection (a) may be re-
leased from active duty at the request of the member at 
any time following the end of the 15-day period com-
mencing on the date the member is retained on active duty 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) The request of a member for release from active 
duty under this subsection shall be subject to the approval 
of the officer in the chain of command of the member in 
grade O–5. 
‘‘(e) REINTEGRATION
COUNSELING
AND
SERV-
ICES.—(1) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall provide each member retained on active duty 
under subsection (a), while the member is so retained on 
active duty, counseling and services to assist the member 
in reintegrating into civilian life. 
‘‘(2) The counseling and services provided members 
under this subsection shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Physical and mental health evaluations. 
‘‘(B) Employment counseling and assistance. 
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‘‘(C) Marriage and family counseling and as-
sistance. 
‘‘(D) Financial management counseling. 
‘‘(E) Education counseling. 
‘‘(F) Counseling and assistance on benefits 
available to the member through the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall provide, to the extent practicable, for the par-
ticipation of appropriate family members of members re-
tained on active duty under subsection (a) in the coun-
seling and services provided such members under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(4) The counseling and services provided to mem-
bers under this subsection shall, to the extent practicable, 
be provided at National Guard armories and similar facili-
ties close the residences of such members. 
‘‘(5) Counseling and services provided a member 
under this subsection shall, to the extent practicable, be 
provided in coordination with the Yellow Ribbon Re-
integration Program of the State concerned under section 
582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note)’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 1209 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘12323. Reserves: retention on active duty after demobilization following ex-
tended deployments in contingency operations or homeland de-
fense missions.’’. 
SEC. 3. WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 51 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) SPECIAL RULE FOR VETERANS RESIDING 
IN HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT COUNTIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an un-
employed veteran who is treated as a member 
of a targeted group under subparagraph (B) 
and who has performed at least 800 hours of 
service for the employer— 
‘‘(i) subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘40 percent’, 
and 
‘‘(ii) subsection (b)(3) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘$10,000’ for ‘$6,000’. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT
AS
MEMBER
OF
TAR-
GETED GROUP.—An unemployed veteran who is 
certified by the designated local agency as hav-
ing his principal place of abode within a county 
that, at any time during the 6-month period 
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