S. 831: National Guard and Reserve Retired Pay Equity Act of 2009
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S. 831: National Guard and Reserve Retired Pay Equity Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-04-20 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-04-20 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
National Guard and Reserve Retired Pay Equity Act of 2009
Plain summary
National Guard and Reserve Retired Pay Equity Act of 2009 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to back-date to September 11, 2001, the period of active duty or performed active service, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations, for which members of Ready Reserve components of the Armed Forces shall receive credit in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay.
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Official text
National Guard and Reserve Retired Pay Equity Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · 36 cosponsors
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Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s831.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s831 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111