Soldiers can count past active duty for earlier reserve pay stop.
H.R. 10155 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to include certain prior active duty as a regular member of an Armed Force for reduced eligibility age for retirement as a member of the reserve components. · Filed by Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes federal law about when soldiers can stop working. It lets soldiers count past active duty time. This time counts toward an earlier pay stop in the reserves. Right now, only certain reserve service counts. The bill would count other active duty service too. This change would apply to service starting January 28, 2008.
Who it affects
Soldiers and former soldiers with past active duty service can stop working earlier. They can now count service that was not counted before.
One thing to notice
The bill applies the change to service going back to January 28, 2008. Many former soldiers who left might become newly able to stop working and get pay.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Aug 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- active duty — Full-time work as a regular member of the military.
- reserves — Military units made up of part-time soldiers who can be called to serve.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (648 characters) on Sep 4, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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