,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gchb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjbj,mr4 
,brown of ,maryland 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,waltz1 ,mr4 ,vela1 and ,mr4 ,cisneros7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the 
,secretary of ,defense to prescribe     
regulations that grant constructive     
credit towards retirement for a member  
of the reserve components of the ,armed 
,forces who cannot complete minimum     
annual training requirements due to     
cancellation or other extenuating       
circumstance arising from the           
,,covid-#ai pandemic4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,guard   
and ,reserve ,retirement ,points during 
,,covid-#ai ,pandemic ,act4  #b4        
,constructive credit for certain members
 of the reserve components who cannot   
complete minimum annual training        
requirements as a result of the         
,,covid-#ai pandemic  7a7 ,authority    

,under regulations prescribed by the    
,secretary of ,defense1 the ,secretary1 
in computing retired pay pursuant to    
,section #abgcc of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 may approve constructive 
credit1 in addition to points earned    
under section #abgcb7;a77#b7 of such    
title1 for a member of the reserve      
components of the ,armed ,forces who    
cannot complete minimum annual training 
requirements due to cancellation or     
other extenuating circumstance arising  
from the covered national emergency4    
7b7 ,reporting  7#a7 ,report required   
,not later than one year after the date 
on which the covered national emergency 
ends1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
submit to the congressional defense     
committees a report on the use of the   
authority under subsection 7a74  7#b7   
,elements ,the report under this        
subsection shall include1 with respect  
to each reserve component1 the          
following3 7,a7 ,the number of          
individuals granted constructive credit 

as a result of a training cancellation4 
7,b7 ,the number of individuals granted 
constructive credit as a result of      
another extenuating circumstance4  7,c7 
,recommendations of the ,secretary      
whether the authority under subsection  
7a7 should be made permanent and under  
what circumstances such permanent       
authority should apply4  7#c7           
,publication ,not later than #cj days   
after submitting the report under       
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7,a7 publish the report on a publicly   
accessible website of the ,department of
 ,defense2 and  7,b7 ensure that any    
data in the report is made available in 
a machine-readable format that is       
downloadable1 searchable1 and sortable4 
7c7 ,covered national emergency defined 
,in this section1 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