GOALS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Below are a few of the legislative initiatives sponsored by the MNGEA membership on both the State and National level

 

STATE:

 

•  $3,000/$5,000 State Tax Exemption

    Reinstatement

•  Retirement Pay State Tax Exemption

•  Mid-Career State Reenlistment Bonus

 

FEDERAL:

 

•  Veteran Status for National Guard Retirees

•  Military Tech Retirement Protections

•  VA Burial Rights for Guard Members

•  Full BAH for Deployed Single Guard Members

•  TRICARE for Guard Members

•  Service Members Civil Relief Act         

    Improvements

•  Age 55 Retirement Pay for Guard Members

•  Immediate Annuity for Retirement Pay

 

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EANGUS legislative goals.

 

• Targeted pay raises with at least a 6% increase for Enlisted members

• Immediate commissary access for new Guard and Reserve members

• Federal government agencies are directed to pay FEHBP premiums for federal Guard and Reserve employees called to active duty for more than 30 days to serve in a contingency operation

• Authorizes concurrent receipt, IF the President recommends the necessary legislation and provides the necessary funding

• Requires a study of National Guard and Reserve healthcare

• Prohibition on forced choice between DoD and VA healthcare for military retirees

• Large increase in Control Grades for AGRs

• Extension of the VA Home Loan program for Guard and Reserve members to 2009

• Increase over the President's budget request and over last year's numbers for ARNG full time manning - technicians and AGRs

• Authorizes National Guard members performing funeral honors duty the same rights, benefits, and protections provided to service members performing inactive duty training

• Cap on funding for Youth Challenge program lifted; program kept in DoD control

 

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