related credits) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 45R. READY RESERVE-NATIONAL GUARD EMPLOYEE 
CREDIT. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38, 
the Ready Reserve-National Guard employee credit deter-
mined under this section for the taxable year is an amount 
equal to 10 percent of the unpaid compensation amount 
for the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) 
DEFINITION
OF
UNPAID
COMPENSATION 
AMOUNT.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘unpaid 
compensation amount’ means the amount of compensation 
which ordinarily would have been paid or incurred by an 
employer with respect to a Ready Reserve-National Guard 
employee on any day during a taxable year but was not 
paid because the employee was absent from employment 
for the purpose of performing qualified active duty. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM CREDIT.—The maximum credit 
allowable under subsection (a) shall not exceed 
$2,000 in any taxable year with respect to any one 
Ready Reserve-National Guard employee. 
‘‘(2) DAYS
OTHER
THAN
WORK
DAYS.—No 
credit shall be allowed with respect to a Ready Re-
serve-National Guard employee who performs quali-
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fied active duty on any day on which the employee 
was not scheduled to work (for a reason other than 
to participate in qualified active duty) and ordinarily 
would not have worked. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
ACTIVE
DUTY.—The term 
‘qualified active duty’ means— 
‘‘(A) active duty in connection with which 
an employee is entitled to reemployment rights 
and other benefits or to a leave of absence from 
employment under chapter 43 of title 38, 
United States Code, and 
‘‘(B) hospitalization incident to such duty. 
Such term shall not include training duty specified 
in section 10147 of title 10, United States Code (re-
lating to training requirements for the Ready Re-
serve), or section 502(a) of title 32, United States 
Code (relating to required drills and field exercises 
for the National Guard). 
‘‘(2) COMPENSATION.—The term ‘compensa-
tion’ means any remuneration for employment, 
whether in cash or in kind, which, if paid by the tax-
payer, would have been deductible from the tax-
payer’s gross income under section 162(a)(1). 
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‘‘(3) READY
RESERVE-NATIONAL
GUARD
EM-
PLOYEE.—The term ‘Ready Reserve-National Guard 
employee’ means an employee who is a member of 
the Ready Reserve or of the National Guard. 
‘‘(4) NATIONAL
GUARD.—The term ‘National 
Guard’ has the meaning given such term by section 
101(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(5) READY RESERVE.—The term ‘Ready Re-
serve’ has the meaning given such term by section 
10142 of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CREDIT TO BE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS 
CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code (re-
lating to general business credit) is amended by striking 
‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (34), by striking the period 
at the end of paragraph (35) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(36) the Ready Reserve-National Guard em-
ployee credit determined under section 45R(a).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 
1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 45Q the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45R. Ready Reserve-National Guard employee credit.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
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