To amend title 32, United States Code, to provide members of the National Guard additional time to transition to civilian life when they return from active duty in support of contingency operations or homeland defense missions.

Provides that if a member of the National Guard serves on active duty for one year or more in support of a contingency operation or homeland defense mission, that member shall be given the option of serving on full-time National Guard duty for up to 90 days upon being relieved from that active duty, in order to ease the transition to civilian life.

Allows reintegration (transition) programs for such members to include: (1) mandatory decompression time; (2) education and employment workshops; (3) financial counseling; (4) health and welfare briefings; and (5) disaster mitigation or emergency response duties.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2059 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2059

   To amend title 32, United States Code, to provide members of the 
National Guard additional time to transition to civilian life when they 
    return from active duty in support of contingency operations or 
                       homeland defense missions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2007

  Ms. Hooley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 32, United States Code, to provide members of the 
National Guard additional time to transition to civilian life when they 
    return from active duty in support of contingency operations or 
                       homeland defense missions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL TIME FOR REINTEGRATION OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL 
              GUARD RETURNING FROM DEPLOYMENTS TO CIVILIAN LIFE.

    Section 325 of title 32, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``So far'' and inserting 
        ``Subject to subsection (c), so far''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Transition of Members of the National Guard Returning From 
Deployments.--(1) If a member of the National Guard serves on active 
duty for one year or more in support of a contingency operation or 
homeland defense mission, the member shall be given the option of 
serving on full-time National Guard duty for up to 90 days upon being 
relieved from that active duty in order to ease the transition of the 
member to civilian life.
    ``(2) Reintegration programs for members of the National Guard 
serving on full-time National Guard duty under paragraph (1) may 
include the following:
            ``(A) Mandatory decompression time of at least 15 days.
            ``(B) Education and employment workshops.
            ``(C) Financial counseling.
            ``(D) Health and welfare briefings for members and their 
        dependents.
            ``(E) Not more than 20 hours of disaster mitigation or 
        emergency response duties in or in the vicinity of the home of 
        record of the member.
    ``(3) The Secretary of Defense shall provide funds to States, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the District 
of Columbia in such amounts as are necessary to cover costs incurred 
for--
            ``(A) the pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, 
        gratuities, travel, and related expenses of members serving on 
        full-time National Guard duty under paragraph (1); and
            ``(B) reintegration programs provided under paragraph (2).
    ``(4) The Secretary shall submit to Congress, the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau, the Governor of each State, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and the commanding general 
of the District of Columbia National Guard an annual report specifying 
the number of members of the National Guard choosing the option to 
serve on full-time National Guard duty upon being relieved from active 
duty, the number of days so served, and the types of reintegration 
programs offered under paragraph (2) and their utilization rates by 
members.''.
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