Guard and Reserve Retirement Points during COVID–19 Pandemic Act

Bill: 116-hr-7382
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-26
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Congressional oversight

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government information and archives

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Military education and training

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Guard and Reserve Retirement Points during COVID-19 Pandemic Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to approve constructive credit towards retirement for a reservist of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7382 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2020 Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Waltz , Mr. Vela , and Mr. Cisneros ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations that grant constructive credit towards retirement for a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating circumstance arising from the COVID–19 pandemic.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guard and Reserve Retirement Points during COVID–19 Pandemic Act . 2. Constructive credit for certain members of the reserve components who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic (a) Authority Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary, in computing retired pay pursuant to Section 12733 of title 10, United States Code, may approve constructive credit, in addition to points earned under section 12732(a)(2) of such title, for a member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who cannot complete minimum annual training requirements due to cancellation or other extenuating circumstance arising from the covered national emergency. (b) Reporting (1) Report required Not later than one year after the date on which the covered national emergency ends, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the use of the authority under subsection (a). (2) Elements The report under this subsection shall include, with respect to each reserve component, the following: (A) The number of individuals granted constructive credit as a result of a training cancellation. (B) The number of individuals granted constructive credit as a result of another extenuating circumstance. (C) Recommendations of the Secretary whether the authority under subsection (a) should be made permanent and under what circumstances such permanent authority should apply. (3) Publication Not later than 30 days after submitting the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (A) publish the report on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense; and (B) ensure that any data in the report is made available in a machine-readable format that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable. (c) Covered national emergency defined In this section, 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.