HR 5166 · 101th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Involuntarily Separated Military Personnel Benefits Act of 1990
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EnactedLatest: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.(1990-07-06)
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Involuntarily Separated Military Personnel Benefits Act of 1990 - Provides separation pay for all members of the armed forces who are involuntarily discharged or released from active duty or are denied reenlistment. (Under current law, regular members who were discharged from active duty after a specified date and who had completed five or more, but fewer than 20 years of active duty, were denied such separation pay and no separation pay was provided to enlisted members denied reenlistment.) Fixes the amount of separation pay at ten percent of the product of years of service and 12 times the monthly pay rate at the time of discharge or $60,000, whichever is less. Limits to $60,000 the total amount a member can receive in separation, severance, and readjustment pay based on service in the armed forces. Increases the aggregate amount of unemployment compensation payable to ex-servicemen in any benefit year to 26 times an individual's weekly benefit amount for total unemployment. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a program to furnish employment and training information and services to members of the armed forces who serve on active duty more than 180 consecutive days and are…
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