To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of a military department to retain a reserve chaplain or reserve officer in a medical specialty beyond the date that such individual turns 68 years old.

Bill: 116-hr-3046
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2019-05-30
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves

Religion
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 authorizes a military department to retain in an active status a reserve chaplain or reserve officer in a medical specialty beyond the date that such individual turns 68 years old, with the consent of the officer, if the retention is necessary.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3046 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 title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of a military department to retain a reserve chaplain or reserve officer in a medical specialty beyond the date that such individual turns 68 years old.

1. Authority to defer mandatory separation at age 68 of chaplains and officers in medical specialties in the reserve components of the Armed Forces Section 14703(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking An and inserting (1) Subject to paragraph (2), an ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2): (2) The Secretary concerned may, with the consent of the officer, retain in an active status an officer described in subsection (a) beyond the date described in paragraph (1) of this subsection if the Secretary concerned determines that such retention is necessary to the military department concerned. Each such retention shall be made on a case-by-case basis and for such period as the Secretary concerned determines appropriate. .