Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act

Summary

Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act This bill makes reserve component members who are deployed to support pre-planned operations of a combatant command eligible for: (1) pre-mobilization health care, (2) transitional health care, (3) consideration of active duty service to reduce the age for retired pay, (4) the high-deployment allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments and frequent mobilizations, (5) Post-9/11 educational assistance, and (6) non-reduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard. The bill makes reserve component members who are deployed in response to a major disaster or emergency eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance. The bill makes all such reserve component members eligible for extension of the time limitation during deployment with respect to training and rehabilitation assistance for veterans with service-connected disabilities. This bill shall apply to any order issued on or after January 1, 2012, for a reserve component member to serve on active duty in support of a pre-planned operation of a combatant command or in response to a major disaster or emergency.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 March 2017

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 March 2017

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 15 March 2017

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