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OR HJM4
JM
Status
6/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Paul Evans
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to extend benefits to Reserve and National Guard personnel deployed under 10 U.S.C. 12304b, making them comparable to benefits received under other mobilization authorities
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10 U.S.C. 12304b, enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (P.L. 112-81), allows mandatory deployment of Reserve/National Guard forces for preplanned combat or foreign aid missions but excludes them from key benefits
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Excluded benefits include Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance (P.L. 110-252), pre- and post-mobilization TRICARE health care, and creditable time toward retirement
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200 Marine reservists, including 36 from Oregon's Springfield-based Engineer Services Company, were deployed for 3 months training in North Carolina and 6 months in Honduras before learning they would not receive standard deployment benefits
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Requests benefits be applied both prospectively and retroactively to personnel already deployed under 12304b since 2012
Legislative Description
Urging Congress to extend benefits to units deployed under 10 U.S.C. 12304b.
Last Action
In committee upon adjournment.
6/27/2025