National Guard COVID–19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act

Bill: 116-hr-6957
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2020-05-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>National Guard COVID-19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat full-time National Guard duty performed in response to the national emergency with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as a period of not shorter than 90 days (i.e., the threshold usually required&nbsp;for eligibility&nbsp;for certain retirement and education benefits). </p> <p>Members of Congress are excluded and must deploy for not fewer than 90 days to receive similar benefits eligibility.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6957 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2020 Mr. Panetta (for himself, Ms. Sherrill , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Connolly , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Lamb , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Titus , Ms. Norton , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Cox of California , Mr. Foster , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Costa , Mr. Pappas , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Correa , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Peters , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Crow , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Cisneros , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. Craig , Mr. Meeks , and Mr. Vela ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to treat a period of full-time National Guard duty, performed in response to the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President with respect to COVID–19, as not shorter than 90 days.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Guard COVID–19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act . 2. Treatment of a period of full-time National Guard duty, performed in response to the COVID–19 national emergency, as not shorter than 90 days (a) In general The Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs shall treat a period of covered duty as a period not shorter than 90 days. (b) Definitions In this Act: (1) The term covered duty means full-time National Guard duty performed— (A) by an individual other than a member of Congress; and (B) in response to the covered national emergency. (2) 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. (3) The term full-time National Guard duty has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.