CARD DIVISION REEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS OF UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT AND RETIRED SERVICE- HEARING U.S. Congress.verat, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES. UNITED STATES SENATE NINETIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 1093 AMENDING AND CLARIFYING THE REEMPLOYMENT PRO- AND SERVICE ACT H.R. 12323 RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PLAN JULY 25, 1968 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services 68-62571 97-914 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1968 REEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS OF THE UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT AND RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PLAN THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1968 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:35 a.m., in room 212, Old Senate Office Building. Present: Senators Cannon (presiding), Russell (chairman), Young of Ohio, McIntyre, Byrd of Virginia, Smith, Thurmond, Miller, and Dominick. Also present: William H. Darden, chief of staff, T. Edward Braswell, Jr., and Gordon A. Nease, professional staff members; Charles B. Kirbow, chief clerk; and Herbert S. Atkinson, assistant chief clerk. Senator CANNON. The committee will come to order. The Chairman had a conflicting obligation for 10:30 this morning, but he expects to be here later and has asked that the committee proceed with the testimony on two bills. H.R. 1093 Senator CANNON. The first bill, H.R. 1093, is a legislative proposal of the Department of Labor that is supported by the Department of Defense. It would amend and extend the reemployment rights provided under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967. (H.R. 1093 follows:) [H.R. 1093, 90th Cong., second sess.] AN ACT To amend and clarify the reemployment provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 9 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 459), is amended as follows: (1) Amend section 9(c) by adding the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (2): "(3) Any person who holds a position described in paragraph (A) or (M) of subsection (b) shall not be denied retention in employment or any promotion or other incident or advantage of employment because of any obligation as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States." (2) Amend subsection 9(d) by inserting ", subsection (c) (3)" immediately following the words "subsection (c) (1)". (3) Amend section 9(g) (1) to read as follows: "Any person who, after entering the employment to which he claims restoration, enlists in the Armed Forces of the United States (other than in a reserve component) shall be entitled upon release from service under honorable conditions to all the reemployment rights and other benefits provided for by this section in the case of persons inducted (1) |