,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bijg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #a1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to ensure   
that members of the reserve components  
of the ,armed ,forces who have served on
 active duty or performed active service
 since ,september #aa1 #bjja1 in support
 of a contingency operation or in other 
emergency situations receive credit for 
such service in determining eligibility 
for early receipt of non-regular service
 retired pay1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,national ,guardsmen and        
,reservists ,parity for ,patriots ,act4 
#b4 ,findings ,congress makes the       
following findings3  7#a7 ,since        
,september #aa1 #bjja1 members of the   
reserve components of the ,armed ,forces
 have been sent into harm's way and     

fought alongside members of the regular 
components of the ,armed ,forces4  7#b7 
,between ,september #aa1 #bjja1 and     
,january #bh1 #bjjh1 more than #fjj1jjj 
members of the reserve components have  
been mobilized in support of military   
operations in ,iraq and ,afghanistan and
 for other contingency operations4  7#c7
 ,more than #adb1jjj members of the     
reserve components have been mobilized  
more than once during this same period4 
7#d7 ,in recognition of the service     
performed by these members of the       
reserve components1 ,congress enacted   
section #fdg of the ,national ,defense  
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-aha1 #abb      
,stat4 #afj71 which amended section     
#abgca of title #aj1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to offer an earlier retirement   
benefit for members of the reserve      
components who are mobilized in support 
of contingency operations4  7#e7        
,however1 the amendment made by section 
#fdg of the ,national ,defense          

,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjjh only considers service performed  
after the date of the enactment of such 
,act1 ,january #bh1 #bjjh1 and this     
effective date fails to recognize the   
service and sacrifice made by members of
 the reserve components between         
,september #aa1 #bjja1 and ,january #bh1
 #bjjh4  #c4 ,consideration of service  
since ,september #aa1 #bjja1 in         
determining early eligibility for       
receipt of non-regular service retired  
pay ,section #abgca7;f77#b77;,a7 of     
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 as    
added by section #fdg of the ,national  
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjjh 7,public ,law #aaj-aha1    
#abb ,stat4 #afj71 is amended--  7#a7 by
 striking ,january #bh1 #bjjh and       
inserting ,september #aa1 #bjja2 and    
7#b7 by striking in any fiscal year     
after such date and inserting such duty 
or service after that date during fiscal
 year #bjjb and any subsequent fiscal   
year4