,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #cj1 #bjba,mrs4
 ,bice of ,oklahoma 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,sherrill1 ,mrs4 ,cammack1 ,mr4         
,pfluger1 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,ms4 ,jacobs of  
,california1 and ,mr4 ,palazzo7         
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     
amend titles #aj and #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 to extend certain        
benefits to members of the ,national    
,guard who incur disabilities while     
performing ,state active duty4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,supporting ,disabled ,national     
,guardsmen ,act4  #b4 ,eligibility of a 
member of the ,national ,guard for      

retirement from the ,armed ,forces based
 on disability incurred while performing
 of ,state active duty ,section #abjd of
 title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph             
7#b77;,b77i7-- 7,a7 by striking active  
duty or inactive-duty training2 and     
inserting an em dash2 and  7,b7 by      
inserting before clause 7ii7 the        
following new subclauses3  7,i7 active  
duty2  7,,ii7 inactive-duty training2 or
  7,,iii7 ,state active duty 7as that   
term is defined in section #dcjc of     
title #ch72  2  7#b7 by inserting 7a7   
,in general4-- before ,upon a           
determination2 and  7#c7 by adding at   
the end the following new subsection3   
7b7 ,limitation ,in the case of a member
 retired under this section based on a  
disability described in subclause       
7,,iii7 of subsection 7a77#b77;,b77i71  
the ,secretary concerned shall reduce   
retired pay1 computed under section     
#adja of this title and paid to such    
member1 to the extent that the          

,secretary concerned determines such    
retired pay duplicates any other        
,federal or ,state benefit to such      
member based on such disability4  4  #c4
 ,eligibility of a member of the        
,national ,guard who incurs a disability
 while performing ,state active duty for
 health care furnished by the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7             
,establishment ,subchapter ,,viii of    
chapter #ag of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      
#aghi4 ,health care for members of the  
,national ,guard who incur disabilities 
while performing ,state active duty  7a7
 ,in general ,subject to subsection 7b71
 a member of the ,national ,guard who   
incurs a disability while performing    
,state active duty shall be eligible for
 hospital care and medical services     
furnished by the ,secretary to treat    
such disability and any illness or      
condition arising from such disability4 
7b7 ,limitation  7#a7 ,the ,secretary   

may only furnish hospital care and      
medical services under subsection 7a7 to
 the extent and in the amount provided  
in advance in appropriations ,acts for  
such purpose4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary may 
provide reimbursement for hospital care 
or medical services provided to an      
individual under this section only after
 the individual or the provider of such 
care or services has exhausted without  
success all claims and remedies         
reasonably available to the individual  
or provider against a third party 7as   
defined in section #agbe7;f7 of this    
title7 for payment of such care or      
services1 including with respect to     
health-plan contracts 7as defined in    
such section74  7c7 ,state active duty  
defined ,in this section1 the term      
,state active duty has the meaning given
 that term in section #dcjc of this     
title4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the 
table of sections at the beginning of   
such chapter is amended by inserting    
after the item relating to section #aghh

 the following new item3  #aghi4 ,health
 care for members of the ,national      
,guard who incur disabilities while     
performing ,state active duty4  4