National Guard and Reserves Benefits Parity Act
Latest action · Feb 12, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Guard and Reserves Benefits Parity Act
This bill makes reserve component members who are deployed to support pre-planned operations of a combatant command eligible for: (1) non-reduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard, (2) consideration of active duty service to reduce the age for retired pay, and (3) the high-deployment allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments and frequent mobilizations.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2018 to Nov 14, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 12, 2018 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | May 9, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | May 17, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | May 17, 2018 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Nov 14, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Feb 12, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 4, 2018S. 2461, Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2018As reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 18, 2018
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 667 | Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act | Related bill | Mar 15, 2017 |
| HR 1384 | Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act | Related bill | Apr 5, 2017 |
| HR 5038 | Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act of 2018 | Related bill | Feb 16, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend titles 5, 10, and 37, United States Code, to ensure that an order to serve on active duty under section 12304b of title 10, United States Code, is treated the same as other orders to serve on active duty for determining the eligibility of members of the uniformed services for certain benefits.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Guard and Reserves Benefits Parity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2018Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
