To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4045.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H802):
  This legislation ensures that members of the National Guard and Reserve Component who mobilized and deployed prior to changes made to Department of Defense guidelines pertaining to the earning of the Post Deployment Mobilization Respite Absence Program do not receive a reduction in their earned benefits while deployed in defense of our nation. Specific authority is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4045, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4045

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f83902e9a945f6740aa49fba56191408128c83c2c340d7e18e03474a40ae3389

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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