Reservists Pay Security Act of 2004
Latest action · Nov 16, 2004 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 800.
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 11, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reservists Pay Security Act of 2004 - Entitles Federal employees who are absent from their positions while on active duty in the uniformed services or the National Guard to receive the amount of their basic pay which, when taken together with their military pay and allowances, is no less than the amount of pay that they would have earned if there had been no interruption in their civilian employment.
Expands the reemployment rights of Federal employees on active duty in the uniformed services.
Requires the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Makes this Act retroactive to pay periods beginning on October 11, 2002, subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2003 to Jul 15, 2003; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Mar 11, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Mar 11, 2003 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Mar 11, 2003 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Mar 11, 2003 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Mar 11, 2003 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | Mar 11, 2003 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Mar 24, 2003 | |
| R-NH | Judd Gregg | May 23, 2003 | |
| R-VA | George Allen | Jul 15, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2003Markup Jul 21, 2004Reported Nov 16, 2004 |
| Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2003 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2004Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-409.
- Nov 16, 2004Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 800.
- Jul 21, 2004Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 20, 2003Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
- Mar 11, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Mar 11, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3517)
- Mar 11, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3517 | Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3399 | Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD | Mar 10, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Aug 4, 2004S. 593, Reservist Pay Security Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on July 21, 2004</p>
- Aug 4, 2004S. 593, Reservist Pay Security Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on July 21, 2004
- May 1, 2003S. 593, Reservist Pay Security Act of 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 11, 2003</p>
- May 1, 2003S. 593, Reservist Pay Security Act of 2003Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 11, 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 108-91 | THE HUMAN CAPITAL CHALLENGE: OFFERING SOLUTIONS AND DELIVERING RESULTS332 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Apr 8, 2003 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to ensure that a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in order to perform service as a member of the uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall continue to receive pay in an amount which, when taken together with the pay and allowances such individual is receiving for such service, will be no less than the basic pay such individual would then be receiving if no interruption in employment had occurred.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Reservists Pay Security Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Reservists Pay Security Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2004Reported to Senate
- Mar 11, 2003Introduced in Senate
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