SCHUMER Act

Senators Can Help Underpin Military Engagement and Readiness Act or SCHUMER Act

This bill requires Members of Congress who advocate for providing military support to Ukraine to enlist in the U.S. military and serve not fewer than six months on active duty in support of a contingency operation.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7356 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7356

  To require Members of Congress who advocate for providing military 
   support for Ukraine to enlist in the Armed Forces and to serve on 
           active duty in support of a contingency operation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2024

   Mrs. Luna (for herself and Ms. Greene of Georgia) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require Members of Congress who advocate for providing military 
   support for Ukraine to enlist in the Armed Forces and to serve on 
           active duty in support of a contingency operation.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senators Can Help Underpin Military 
Engagement and Readiness Act'' or the ``SCHUMER Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ADVOCATING FOR MILITARY SUPPORT 
              FOR UKRAINE TO ENLIST IN ARMED FORCES AND SERVE ON ACTIVE 
              DUTY IN SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--If a Member of Congress advocates for providing 
military support for Ukraine, the Member--
            (1) shall enlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
        Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard; and
            (2) shall be assigned for not fewer than 6 months to active 
        duty in support of a contingency operation.
    (b) Member of Congress Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Member of 
Congress'' means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
    (c) Contingency Operation Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``contingency operation'' means a military operation that--
            (1) is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an 
        operation in which members of the Armed Forces are or may 
        become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities 
        against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing 
        military force; or
            (2) results in the call or order to, or retention on, 
        active duty of members of the uniformed services under section 
        688, 12301(a), 12302, 12304, 12304a, 12305, or 12406 of title 
        10, United States Code, chapter 13 of such title, section 3713 
        of title 14, United States Code, or any other provision of law 
        during a war or during a national emergency declared by the 
        President or Congress.
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