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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3046
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of a
military department to retain a reserve chaplain or reserve officer in
a medical specialty beyond the date that such individual turns 68 years
old.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 30, 2019
Mr. MAST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of a military department to retain a reserve
chaplain or reserve officer in a medical specialty beyond
the date that such individual turns 68 years old.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO DEFER MANDATORY SEPARA-
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TION AT AGE 68 OF CHAPLAINS AND OFFI-
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CERS IN MEDICAL SPECIALTIES IN THE RE-
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SERVE
COMPONENTS
OF
THE
ARMED
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FORCES.
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Section 14703(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Subject
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to paragraph (2), an’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph (2):
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‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may, with the consent
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of the officer, retain in an active status an officer de-
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scribed in subsection (a) beyond the date described in
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paragraph (1) of this subsection if the Secretary con-
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cerned determines that such retention is necessary to the
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military department concerned. Each such retention shall
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be made on a case-by-case basis and for such period as
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the Secretary concerned determines appropriate.’’.
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