[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1859 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1859

    To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary 
concerned to pay a member in the reserve component of an Armed Force a 
 special bonus or incentive pay in the same amount as a member in the 
                 regular component of that Armed Force.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2021

    Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary 
concerned to pay a member in the reserve component of an Armed Force a 
 special bonus or incentive pay in the same amount as a member in the 
                 regular component of that Armed Force.

    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 ``National Guard and Reserve Incentive 
Pay Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. EQUAL SPECIAL BONUS AND INCENTIVE PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
              RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 357. Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for members of 
              the reserve components of the armed forces
    ``The Secretary concerned shall pay a member of the reserve 
component of an armed force a special bonus or incentive pay in the 
same monthly amount as that paid to a member in the regular component 
of such armed force performing comparable work requiring comparable 
skills.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
356 the following:

``357. Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for members of the 
                            reserve components of the armed forces.''.
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