To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to certain members of the National Guard serving on active service in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) the transitional health benefits provided to members of the reserve components separating from active duty.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6967 To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to certain members of the National Guard serving on active service in response to the coronavirus (COVID–19) the transitional health benefits provided to members of the reserve components separating from active duty. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 22, 2020 Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. DEFA- ZIO, Mr. RYAN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KIM, and Mr. COHEN) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to certain members of the National Guard serving on active service in response to the coronavirus (COVID–19) the transi- tional health benefits provided to members of the reserve components separating from active duty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:35 Jun 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6967.IH H6967 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6967 IH SECTION 1. TRANSITIONAL HEALTH BENEFITS FOR CER- 1 TAIN MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 2 SERVING UNDER ORDERS IN RESPONSE TO 3 THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID–19). 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 5 provide to a member of the National Guard separating 6 from active service after serving on full-time National 7 Guard duty pursuant to section 502(f) of title 32, United 8 States Code, the health benefits authorized under section 9 1145 of title 10, United States Code, for a member of 10 a reserve component separating from active duty, as re- 11 ferred to in subsection (a)(2)(B) of such section 1145, if 12 the active service from which the member of the National 13 Guard is separating was in support of the whole of govern- 14 ment response to the coronavirus (COVID–19). 15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘active 16 duty’’, ‘‘active service’’, and ‘‘full-time National Guard 17 duty’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 18 101(d) of title 10, United States Code. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:35 Jun 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6967.IH H6967 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS