[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.


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                    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

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                                 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''.
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