HR 1345 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Equity for Reservists Pay Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 19, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Tom Lantos D-CA

Latest action · Apr 3, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 19, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equity for Reservists Pay Act of 2003 - Entitles a Federal employee who is also a member of the reserves and who is absent from his or her civilian employment position under a call or order for active duty service of more than 30 days, to receive an amount equal to the difference in pay between the military compensation received and the civilian compensation that otherwise would have been received during such period. Makes such amounts also payable during: (1) any period of hospitalization or convalescence required as a result of such service; and (2) the 14-day period following such service.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to reimburse a State or local government for 50 percent of the civilian compensation paid by such government for pay periods when a State or local government employee is performing active duty service of more than 30 days. Increases such rate to 100 percent if the employee's active duty service period extends beyond nine months. Requires such reimbursement during periods of hospitalization or convalescence and for 14 days after service.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that, for purposes of the general business credit, the Active-Duty Reserve Component employee credit is 50 percent of the compensation paid by the employer to the employee during the period of active duty.

Cosponsors 94

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2003 to Sep 21, 2004; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Mar 19, 2003
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Mar 25, 2003
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 25, 2003
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 31, 2003
D-IL	Lane Evans		Mar 31, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Mar 31, 2003
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Mar 31, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Apr 8, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 9, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Apr 29, 2003
D-TX	Chris Bell		Apr 29, 2003

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Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 19, 2003
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Mar 19, 2003
	Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee	Referred Apr 2, 2003
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Mar 19, 2003
	Total Force Subcommittee	Referred Apr 3, 2003

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Apr 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Mar 27, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E607-608)
Mar 19, 2003Introduced in House
Mar 19, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E607-608)
Mar 19, 2003Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Armed Services, 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.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H2222	Fortney Pete Stark D-CA	Apr 21, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H1143	Tom Lantos D-CA	Mar 17, 2004
Extensions	Debate and remarks E607	Tom Lantos D-CA	Mar 27, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-188	TRANSFORMING THE NATIONAL GUARD: RESOURCING FOR READINESS281 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Apr 29, 2004

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being ordered to serve on active duty for a period of more than 30 days, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Equity for Reservists Pay Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 19, 2003Introduced in House

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