PROPER Act

Bill: 113-hr-5832
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2014-12-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Proudly Restoring Officers of Prior Enlistment Retirement Act or the PROPER Act - Reduces to four the number of years&nbsp;that previously enlisted commissioned officers who have performed a certain minimum number of years of military service to become eligible for retirement must have actively served in the rank of commissioned officer in order to retire in the officer rank instead of in their previous enlisted rank. (Currently, a requirement for 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer has been reduced temporarily to 8 years.)</p> <p>Makes the reduction to four years applicable during the period&nbsp;from January 1, 2014, to September 30, 2016. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5832 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2014 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Walz , Mr. Rangel , Ms. Shea-Porter , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Rush , Mr. Marino , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Barletta , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , and Mr. Perry ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the enhanced selective discharge authority currently available to the Secretary of a military department to permit a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces who was appointed from the enlisted ranks and has at least 20 years of service, at least four years of which has been commissioned service, to retire in the officer’s commissioned rank.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Proudly Restoring Officers of Prior Enlistment Retirement Act or the PROPER Act . 2. Reduction in required length of commissioned service for retirement as an officer (a) Army Section 3911(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking The period and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (3), the period ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) During the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on September 30, 2016, the requirement under subsection (a) for at least 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer shall be reduced to a period of at least four years. . (b) Navy and Marine Corps Section 6323(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking The period and inserting Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the period ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) During the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on September 30, 2016, the requirement under paragraph (1) for at least 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer shall be reduced to a period of at least four years. . (c) Air Force Section 8911(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking The period and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (3), the period ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) During the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on September 30, 2016, the requirement under subsection (a) for at least 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer shall be reduced to a period of at least four years. . (d) Retroactive application In the case of a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who was retired under section 638a, 3911(a), 6323(a), or 8911(a) of title 10, United States Code, during the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall modify the rank in which the member was retired if necessary to comply with the amendments made by this section.