,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ffg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1         
#bjag,mr4 ,franken 7for himself1 ,mrs4  
,capito1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 and ,mr4      
,cornyn7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend titles #e1 #aj1 #cg1  
and #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to      
ensure that an order to serve on active 
duty under section #abcjd;a or #abcjd;b 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
treated the same as other orders to     
serve on active duty for determining the
 eligibility of members of the uniformed
 services and veterans for certain      
benefits and for calculating the        
deadlines for certain benefits4  #a4    
,short title2 table of contents  7a7    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,reserve ,component ,benefits       
,parity ,act4  7b7 ,table of contents   
,the table of contents for this ,act is 
as follows3 ,sec4 #a4 ,short title2     

table of contents4,sec4 #b4 ,eligibility
 of reserve component members for       
pre-mobilization health care4,sec4 #c4  
,eligibility of reserve component       
members for transitional health         
care4,sec4 #d4 ,consideration of service
 on active duty to reduce age for       
eligibility for retired pay for         
non-regular service4,sec4 #e4           
,eligibility of reserve component       
members for high-deployment allowance   
for lengthy or numerous deployments and 
frequent mobilizations4,sec4 #f4        
,eligibility of reserve component       
members for post-#i_/aa educational     
assistance4,sec4 #g4 ,eligibility of    
reserve component members for           
nonreduction in pay while serving in the
 uniformed services or ,national        
,guard4,sec4 #h4 ,effect of order to    
serve on active duty on eligibility for 
or use of certain military              
benefits4,sec4 #i4 ,retroactive         
applicability of amendments4  #b4       
,eligibility of reserve component       

members for pre-mobilization health care
 ,section #ajgd7;d77#b7 of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking in support of a contingency    
operation under and inserting under     
section #abcjd;b of this title or4  #c4 
,eligibility of reserve component       
members for transitional health care    
,section #aade7;a77#b77;,b7 of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking in support of a contingency 
operation and inserting under section   
#abcjd;b of this title or a provision of
 law referred to in section             
#aja7;a77#ac77;,b7 of this title4  #d4  
,consideration of service on active duty
 to reduce age for eligibility for      
retired pay for non-regular service     
,section #abgca7;f77#b77;,b77i7 of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by striking under a provision of law    
referred to in section                  
#aja7;a77#ac77;,b7 or under section     
#abcja7;d7 and inserting under section  
#abcja7;d7 or #abcjd;b of this title or 

a provision of law referred to in       
section #aja7;a77#ac77;,b74  #e4        
,eligibility of reserve component       
members for high-deployment allowance   
for lengthy or numerous deployments and 
frequent mobilizations ,section         
#dcf7;a77#b77;,c77ii7 of title #cg1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after under the first place it
 appears the following3 section #abcjd;b
 of title #aj or4  #f4 ,eligibility of  
reserve component members for           
post-#i_/aa educational assistance      
,section #ccja7a77;,b7 of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking or #abcjd and inserting #abcjd1
 #abcjd;a1 or #abcjd;b4  #g4            
,eligibility of reserve component       
members for nonreduction in pay while   
serving in the uniformed services or    
,national ,guard ,section #eech7;a7 of  
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended in the matter preceding         
paragraph 7#a7 by inserting after under 
the following3 section #abcjd;b of title

 #aj or4  #h4 ,effect of order to serve 
on active duty on eligibility for or use
 of certain military benefits  7a7      
,exception to ,voluntary separation pay 
repayment requirement for members who   
return to active duty ,section          
#aage;a7j77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by striking or
 #abcjd and inserting #abcjd1 #abcjd;a1 
or #abcjd;b4  7b7 ,time limitation for  
,training and rehabilitation for        
veterans with service-,connected        
disabilities ,section #cajc7;f7 of title
 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by striking or #abcjd and inserting     
#abcjd1 #abcjd;a1 or #abcjd;b4  #i4     
,retroactive applicability of amendments
 ,the amendments made by this ,act shall
 apply with respect to any order for a  
member of a reserve component to serve  
on active duty under section #abcjd;a or
 #abcjd;b of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 issued on or after ,january #a1  
#bjab4