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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Fairness for the Military Reserve
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) There are approximately 1,382,000 members of the seven
reserve components of the Armed Forces (the Army Reserve, the
Army National Guard of the United States, the Naval Reserve,
the Marine Corps Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Air
National Guard of the United States, and the Coast Guard
Reserve).
(2) During fiscal year 1998, reserve component members
performed 13,000,000 person-days of military duty, roughly
double the level performed during 1994 and the equivalent of
35,000 active component members.
(3) Reserve component members are being called upon to
serve in a greater number of overseas peacekeeping,
humanitarian, and similar missions, and for longer periods of
time, than ever before in peacetime, as shown by the following:
(A) 8,338 reserve component personnel served in
Haiti during the period from September 1994 through
September 1999, constituting up to 6 percent of the
Armed Forces personnel participating in Operation
Support/Uphold Democracy during that period.
(B) 32,022 reserve component personnel served in
Bosnia during the period from December 1995 through
September 1999, constituting up to 33 percent of the
Armed Forces personnel participating in Operation Joint
Endeavor/Guard/Forge during that period, and in January
2000, an Army National Guard brigadier general will
assume command of Task Force Eagle in Tuzla, Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
(C) 9,752 reserve component personnel served in
Iraq during the period from October 1997 through
September 1999, constituting up to 5 percent of the
Armed Forces personnel participating in Operation
Northern and Southern Watch during that period.
(D) 9,576 reserve component personnel served in
Kosovo during the period from April 1999 through
September 1999, constituting up to 22 percent of the
Armed Forces personnel participating in Operation
Allied Force during that period.
(4) Recent reports and studies have noted the importance of
the reserve components, as shown by the following:
(A) The report of the Department of Defense
Quadrennial Defense Review conducted in 1997 stated
that ''Reserve components have become an ever larger
percentage of the Total Force and are essential
participants in the full spectrum of operations, from
the smallest of smaller-scale contingency operations to
major theater war . . . Reserve forces are part of all
war plans. No major operation can be successful without
them.''.
(B) The National Defense Panel, in its report
issued in 1997, called for the ''full integration'' of
the reserve components with active duty forces and
specifically called on the Army to rely more upon its
reserve components to ''reduce pressure on the active
Army''.
(C) The Reserve Component Employment 20005 Study,
issued on August 8, 1999, concludes that ''while much
progress has been made in recent years to ensure equity
in the benefit packages that are provided to AC [active
component] and RC [reserve component] personnel, the
study determined that disparities continue to exist for
RC personnel.''.
(5) Secretary of Defense William Cohen has made ''quality
of life'' issues for all servicemembers a major priority for
the Department of Defense.
(6) The significant recent increase in overseas active-duty
assignments for reserve component members warrants enhancement
of military benefits for the Nation's citizen soldiers.
(7) Those enhancements should include--
(A) extending eligibility of reserve component
members for space available (''Space-A'') travel on
military aircraft to travel outside the continental
United States (''OCONUS'');
(B) providing for reserve component members
traveling away from their homes for inactive-duty
training to be eligible for billiting in military
quarters on the same basis as members on active duty;
(C) raising the annual reserve retirement point
maximum from 75 to 90; and
(D) extending the legal services provided by the
Department of Defense to reserve component members.

SEC. 3. TRAVEL BY RESERVES ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES.

(a) Space-Required Travel for Travel to Duty Stations OCONUS.--(1)
Subsection (a) of section 18505 of title 10, United States Code, as
added by section 517(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65), is amended--
(A) by inserting ''annual training duty or'' before
''inactive-duty training'' both places it appears; and
(B) by inserting ''duty or'' before ''training if''.
(2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:
''Sec. 18505. Reserves traveling to annual training duty or inactive-
duty training OCONUS: authority for space-required
travel''.
(b) Space-Available Travel for Members of Selected Reserve and Gray
Area Retirees.--Chapter 1805 of such title is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
''Sec. 18506. Space-available travel: Selected Reserve and reserve
retirees under age 60; dependents
''(a) Eligibility for Space-Available Travel.--The Secretary of
Defense shall prescribe regulations to allow persons described in
subsection (b) to receive transportation on aircraft of the Department
of Defense on a space-available basis under the same terms and
conditions (including terms and conditions applicable to travel outside
the United States) as apply to members of the armed forces entitled to
retired pay.
''(b) Persons Eligible.--Subsection (a) applies to the following
persons:
''(1) A person who is a member of the Selected Reserve in
good standing (as determined by the Secretary concerned).
''(2) A person who is a member or former member of a
reserve component under age 60 who, but for age, would be
eligible for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title.
''(c) Dependents.--A dependent of a person described in subsection
(b) may be provided transportation under this section on the same basis
as dependents of members of the armed forces entitled to retired
pay.''.
''(d) Limitation on Required Identification.--Neither the
''Authentication of Reserve Status for Travel Eligibility'' form (DD
Form 1853), nor or any other form, other than the presentation of
military identification and duty orders upon request, or other methods
of identification required of active duty personnel, shall be required
of reserve component personnel using space-available transportation
within or outside the continental United States.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by striking the item relating to section 18505 and inserting
the following new items:

''18505. Reserves traveling to annual training duty or inactive-duty
training OCONUS: authority for space-
required travel.
''18506. Space-available travel: Selected Reserve and reserve retirees
under age 60; dependents.''.
(c) Effective Date.--Regulations under section 18506 of title 10,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be prescribed not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. BILLETING SERVICES FOR RESERVE MEMBERS TRAVELING FOR INACTIVE
DUTY TRAINING.

(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 1217 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
''Sec. 12604. Attendance at inactive-duty training assemblies:
billeting in Department of Defense facilities
''(a) Authority for Billeting on Same Basis as Active Duty Members
Traveling Under Orders.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations authorizing a Reserve traveling to inactive duty training
at a location more than 50 miles from that Reserve's home to be
eligible for billeting in Department of Defense facilities on the same
basis as a member of the armed forces on active duty who is traveling
under orders away from the member's duty station.
''(b) Proof of Reason for Travel.--The Secretary shall include in
regulations under subsection (a) means for establishing that a Reserve
seeking billeting in Department of Defense facilities under that
subsection is traveling for attendance at inactive duty training at a
location more than 50 miles from that Reserve's home.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

''12604. Attendance at inactive-duty training assemblies: billeting in
Department of Defense facilities.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Section 12604 of title 10, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to periods of
inactive duty training beginning more than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE RETIREMENT POINTS THAT
MAY BE CREDITED IN ANY YEAR.

Section 12733(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ''but not more than'' and all that follows and inserting ''but
not more than--
''(A) 60 days in any one year of service before the
year of service that includes September 23, 1996;
''(B) 75 days in the year of service that includes
September 23, 1996, and in any subsequent year of
service before the year of service that includes the
date of the enactment of the Reserve Component Equity
Act of 1999; and
''(C) 90 days in the year of service that includes
the date of the enactment of the Reserve Component
Equity Act of 1999 and in any subsequent year of
service.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY FOR PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO RESERVE COMPONENT
MEMBERS FOLLOWING RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY.

(a) Legal Services.--Section 1044(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph (4):
''(4) Members of a reserve component not covered by
paragraph (1) or (2), but only during a period, following a
release from active duty under a call or order to active duty
for more than 29 days under a mobilization authority (as
determined by the Secretary of Defense), that is not in excess
of twice the length of time served on active duty.''.
(b) Dependents.--Paragraph (5) of such section, as amended by
subsection (a), is amended by striking ''and (3)'' and inserting '',
and (4)''.
(c) Implementing Regulations.--Regulations to implement the
amendments made by subsections (a) and (B) shall be prescribed not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
A:
Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to allow the following persons to receive transportation on Department of Defense (DOD) aircraft on a space-available basis under the same terms and conditions that apply to members of the armed forces entitled to retired pay: (1) members of the Selected Reserve in good standing; (2) a former reserve member under 60 years of age who would be eligible for retired pay except for being under such age; and (3) dependents of the above. Limits the required identification for such travel.
Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations authorizing a reserve member traveling to inactive duty training at least 50 miles from home to be eligible for billeting (housing) in DOD facilities on the same basis as active-duty personnel traveling under orders away from such member's duty station. Requires proof of the reason for such travel.
Increases the maximum number of reserve retirement points that may be credited in a year for reserve service from 75 to 90 for years during and subsequent to the date of enactment of the Reserve Component Equity Act of 1999.
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide civil legal services to reserve personnel (and their dependents) not otherwise entitled to such services, but only during a period following a release from active duty under a call or order to such duty for more than 29 days under a mobilization authority that is not in excess of twice the length of the duty period served.