To amend section 1065 of title 10, United States Code, as added by the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to Foreign Service officers on mandatory home leave.

Bill: 116-hr-3045
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2019-05-30
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military facilities and property

Retail and wholesale trades
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill makes Foreign Service officers on mandatory home leave eligible to use certain military lodging on the same basis as an Armed Forces member entitled to retired or retainer pay. The lodging facilities are those operated by the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3045 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 30, 2019 Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend section 1065 of title 10, United States Code, as added by the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to Foreign Service officers on mandatory home leave.

1. Extension of certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to Foreign Service officers on mandatory home leave (a) In general Section 1065 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 621 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ), is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking veterans and caregivers for veterans and inserting veterans, caregivers for veterans, and Foreign Service officers ; (2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f): (f) Eligibility of Foreign Service officers on mandatory home leave A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave shall be permitted to use military lodging referred to in subsection (h) on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. ; and (4) in subsection (h), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (5) The term Foreign Service officer has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3903 ). (6) The term mandatory home leave means leave under section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4083 ). . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2020, as if originally incorporated in section 621 of Public Law 115–232 .