H.R. 4045 (112th): To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date.

Introduced:
Feb 15, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. John Kline [R-MN2]
Status:
Signed by the President
Slip Law:
This bill became Pub.L. 112-120.

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Status

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on May 25, 2012.

Progress
Introduced Feb 15, 2012
Referred to Committee Feb 15, 2012
Passed House May 15, 2012
Passed Senate May 17, 2012
Signed by the President May 25, 2012
Cosponsors
46 cosponsors (29R, 17D) (show)
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House Armed Services

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Last updated Jan 01, 2012.
3 pages

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5/25/2012--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 15, 2012.
The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to determine that the changes made to the program guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days or other authorized benefits described herein to members and former members of the reserves under a specified Department of Defense (DOD) instruction shall not apply to current or former reservists whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued until the termination of the mobilization.
Includes within such authorized benefits:
(1) the payment of up to $200 per day for each day the individual would have qualified for a day of administrative absence had the above changes not applied to the individual, in the case of a former member of the Armed Forces;
(2) either one day of administrative absence or up to $200 per day as described above, in the case of a member on active duty at the time of the provision of benefits; and
(3) either one day of administrative absence to be retained for future use or up to $200 per day as described above, in the case of a member serving in the Selected Reserve, Inactive National Guard, or Individual Ready Reserve at the time of the provision of benefits.
Excludes such additional benefits for former members discharged or released under other than honorable conditions.
Terminates the benefit authority under this Act on October 1, 2014.
Directs the Secretary to transfer specified funds from the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund as a funding offset for such benefits.

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Background

According to the Association of the United States Navy (AUSN), in January 2007, the Department of Defense (DOD) established the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence (PDMRA) program, to allow more post-deployment leave for servicemen and women returning from multiple tours in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. This post-deployment leave is crucial to Reservists, who needs time for both transit and reintegration. However, in October 2011, DOD reduced the amount of leave for deployed sailors promised to them under the policy in effect when their deployments began.  In some cases this policy change can result in the loss of up to 24 days of transit and reintegration time.

Summary

H.R. 4045 would provide that, as of October 1, 2011, changes made to the program guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserves under a specified Department of Defense (DOD) instruction shall not apply to reservists whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued until the termination of the mobilization.

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