,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fieg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjbj,mr4  
,panetta 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1  
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,mr4          
,connolly1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1    
,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,ms4 ,titus1  
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,cox of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4         
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 
,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,ms4 ,blunt  
,rochester1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4
 ,correa1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4
 ,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4 ,garcia 
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1    
,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mrs4   
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,crow1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1  
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4   
,cohen1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1  
,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,mr4       
,meeks1 and ,mr4 ,vela7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        

,veterans' ,affairs1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretaries  
of ,defense and ,veterans ,affairs to   
treat a period of full-time ,national   
,guard duty1 performed in response to   
the national emergency declared on      
,march #ac1 #bjbj1 by the ,president    
with respect to ,,covid-#ai1 as not     
shorter than #ij days4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,national ,guard ,,covid-#ai ,earned    
,benefits ,guarantee ,act4  #b4         
,treatment of a period of full-time     
,national ,guard duty1 performed in     
response to the ,,covid-#ai national    
emergency1 as not shorter than #ij days 
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretaries of    
,defense and ,veterans ,affairs shall   
treat a period of covered duty as a     
period not shorter than #ij days4  7b7  
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,the   

term covered duty means full-time       
,national ,guard duty performed-- 7,a7  
by an individual other than a member of 
,congress2 and  7,b7 in response to the 
covered national emergency4  7#b7 ,the  
term covered national emergency means   
the national emergency declared on      
,march #ac1 #bjbj1 by the ,president    
under the ,national ,emergencies ,act   
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 with      
respect to ,,covid-#ai4  7#c7 ,the term 
full-time ,national ,guard duty has the 
meaning given that term in section #aja 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4