To ease the transition of National Guard and Reserve members adversely affected by the closure or realignment of reserve component facilities by authorizing their temporary detail to duty with other reserve component units.

Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to detail National Guard and Reserve members assigned to duty at reserve component facilities approved for closure or realignment, or with units relocated more than 100 miles from a member's residence pursuant to a base closure law, to duty for up to two years with another unit of the same or a different reserve component under that Secretary's jurisdiction, at their request.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 4687 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4687

To ease the transition of National Guard and Reserve members adversely 
affected by the closure or realignment of reserve component facilities 
   by authorizing their temporary detail to duty with other reserve 
                            component units.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2006

    Mr. Green of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To ease the transition of National Guard and Reserve members adversely 
affected by the closure or realignment of reserve component facilities 
   by authorizing their temporary detail to duty with other reserve 
                            component units.

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

SECTION 1. DETAIL OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBER TO DUTY WITH ANOTHER 
              RESERVE COMPONENT UNIT FOLLOWING CLOSURE OR REALIGNMENT 
              OF RESERVE COMPONENT FACILITY AT WHICH THE MEMBER SERVED.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1213 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 12504. Reserve component members: temporary detail to another 
              reserve component unit following base closure or 
              realignment
    ``(a) Detail.--At the request of a member of a reserve component 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary concerned may detail the 
member to duty with another unit of the same reserve component or a 
unit of a different reserve component under the jurisdiction of that 
Secretary. To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall 
accommodate the requests of members for detail under this subsection.
    ``(b) Eligible Members.--To be eligible for detail under subsection 
(a), a member of a reserve component must have been assigned, 
immediately before requesting the detail--
            ``(1) to duty at a reserve component facility approved for 
        closure or realignment pursuant to a base closure law; or
            ``(2) to duty with a unit of the reserve components 
        relocated pursuant to a base closure law to a location more 
        than 100 miles from the residence of the member.
    ``(c) Duration of Detail.--The detail of a reserve component member 
under subsection (a) may not exceed two years.
    ``(d) Funding.--If a reserve component member is detailed to 
another reserve component under subsection (a), the expenses of the 
member while so detailed shall be paid from appropriations for the 
reserve component from which the member was detailed. Payable expenses 
include allowances for subsistence and housing under sections 402 and 
403 of title 37 and expenses for medicine and medical attendance.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``12504. Reserve component members: temporary detail to another reserve 
                            component unit following base closure or 
                            realignment.''.
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