I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7382 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations that grant 
constructive credit towards retirement for a member of the reserve com-
ponents of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual 
training requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating cir-
cumstance arising from the COVID–19 pandemic. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2020 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. VELA, and Mr. 
CISNEROS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regula-
tions that grant constructive credit towards retirement 
for a member of the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training 
requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating 
circumstance arising from the COVID–19 pandemic. 
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 ‘‘Guard and Reserve 
Retirement Points during COVID–19 Pandemic Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS WHO CAN-
NOT COMPLETE MINIMUM ANNUAL TRAINING 
REQUIREMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID– 
19 PANDEMIC. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary, in computing re-
tired pay pursuant to Section 12733 of title 10, United 
States Code, may approve constructive credit, in addition 
to points earned under section 12732(a)(2) of such title, 
for a member of the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training re-
quirements due to cancellation or other extenuating cir-
cumstance arising from the covered national emergency. 
(b) REPORTING.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than one 
year after the date on which the covered national 
emergency ends, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the use of the authority under subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under this sub-
section shall include, with respect to each reserve 
component, the following: 
(A) The number of individuals granted 
constructive credit as a result of a training can-
cellation. 
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(B) The number of individuals granted 
constructive credit as a result of another ex-
tenuating circumstance. 
(C) Recommendations of the Secretary 
whether the authority under subsection (a) 
should be made permanent and under what cir-
cumstances such permanent authority should 
apply. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after submitting the report under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) publish the report on a publicly acces-
sible website of the Department of Defense; and 
(B) ensure that any data in the report is 
made available in a machine-readable format 
that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable. 
(c) COVERED NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘covered national emergency’’ 
means the national emergency declared on March 13, 
2020, by the President under the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to COVID–19. 
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