Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act

Bill: 116-hr-620
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2019-01-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><STRONG>Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act</STRONG></p>  <p>This bill revises the calculation of age of eligibility for retired pay for members of the Ready Reserve so that days of active duty or active service after October 7, 2001, (the start of combat operations in Afghanistan) reduce a member's age of eligibility. Currently, active duty or active service days after January 28, 2008, reduce a member's age of eligibility. The bill is retroactive to October 7, 2001.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 620 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2019 Mr. Serrano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for retroactive calculation since the start of combat operations in Afghanistan of days of certain active duty or active service performed as a member of the Ready Reserve to reduce the eligibility age for receipt of retired pay for non-regular service.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act . 2. Retroactive calculation since start of combat operations in Afghanistan of days of certain active duty or active service to reduce eligibility age for retirement for non-regular service (a) In general Section 12731(f)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking January 28, 2008 both places it appears and inserting October 7, 2001 . (b) Retroactive application Section 12731(f) of title 10, United States Code, relating to age and service requirements for receipt of retired pay for non-regular service, shall be deemed to have been enacted on October 7, 2001, for purposes of applying the amendment made by subsection (a).