ROA Issues: Benefits & Entitlements, Pay & Allowances

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July/August Issue

ROA Current Issues

BENEFITS & ENTITLEMENTS
PAY & ALLOWANCES

Legislative Agenda
Spouse Support:

Expand eligibility of surviving spouses to receive Survivor Benefit Plan–Dependency Indemnity Clause payments with no offset.

Provide employment protection and provide family leave for spouses and family caregivers of mobilized Guard and Reserve for a period of time prior to or following the deployment of the military member.
Deferred Benefits and Retirement:

Extend current early retirement legislation retroactively to Sept. 11, 2001.

Promote better legislation on reducing the Reserve Component retirement age.

Permit mobilized retirees to earn additional retirement points with less than two years of activated service, and codify retirement credit for serving members over age 60.

Modify the U.S. Code that requires repayment of separation bonuses if an individual receives a Uniformed Service retirement annuity.

Continue to protect and sustain existing retirement benefits for currently retired.

Resolutions

Fully Fund the Reserve Components IMA Program (No. 11-17)

Retention of Military Commissaries as an Incentive (No. 11-15)

Improved Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarships (No. 11-10)

Family Readiness Parity for the Reserve Components (No. 11-08)
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Reimburse Inactive Duty Training (IDT) Expenses
(No. 10-18)
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Separation Payment Recoupment under RIF/VSI/SSB/VSP
(No. 10-27)
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Continuum of Service Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Redeposit (No. 09-11)
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Hazardous Duty/Aviation Career Incentive Pay (No. 09-22)

Position Papers
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Spouse Support (10-03, Jan. 2010)
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Spouse Support (09-03, Jan. 2009)

Testimony and Statements

Tax and Fiscal Policy: Effects on the Military and Veterans Community (ROA, 9/22/2010)

Current Tax Policy Affecting Veteran and Uniform Services Communities (TMC, 9/22/2010)
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V.A. Home Loan Guaranty Program (ROA, 5/20/2010)

Military Personnel Issues (ROA, 3/23/2010)
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Military Personnel Issues (ROA, 3/10/2010)

Letters of Support
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NMVA Letter to Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz supporting legislation to remove the SBP/DIC offset (1/16/2009)

	ROA Blog, The Reserve Officer HASC Mark-up of NDAA Completed (5/18/2011) Commission Finds $100 Billion in Savings from Proposed Defense Spending Cuts (11/17/2010) Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (4/23/2010) Resolution to Protect Student G&R Personnel Rights (3/15/2010) ROA and TMC Meet with Sec. McCarthy to Discuss 2010 Goals (1/27/2010) Legislative Accomplishments from 2009 (1/22/2010)

	The Officer Magazine Hanson, CAPT Marshall. Deficit Deliberations: Defense Department is viewed as bill payer. January-February 2011, p. 16. Hanson, CAPT Marshall. Budget Battle Lines: Military families and retirees could take a hit through budget cuts. January-February 2011, p. 14.

	Law Reviews USERRA Reinstatement (Subject Index 1.3) Eligibility Criteria (Subject Index 1.3.1) Entitlements (Subject Index 1.3.2) Military Service and Family Obligations (Subject Index 5.0)