[Congressional Bills 111th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5259 Introduced in House (IH)] 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5259 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require preseparation counseling for members of the reserve components upon their retirement or separation from service. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2010 Ms. Pingree of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require preseparation counseling for members of the reserve components upon their retirement or separation from service. 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 ``Equal Access to Preseparation Counseling Act''. SEC. 2. PRESEPARATION COUNSELING FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS. (a) Requirement; Exception.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the first sentence-- (A) by striking ``Within'' and inserting ``(A) Within''; and (B) by striking ``of each member'' and all that follows through the period at the end of the sentence and inserting the following: ``of-- ``(i) each member of the armed forces whose discharge or release from active duty is anticipated as of a specific date; and ``(ii) each member of a reserve component not covered by clause (i) whose discharge or release from service is anticipated as of a specific date.''; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``A notation of the provision of such counseling'' and inserting the following: ``(B) A notation of the provision of preseparation counseling''. (b) Clarification of Covered Matters.--Subsection (b)(7) of such section is amended by striking ``from active duty''. <all>