# 116-hr-6957: National Guard COVID–19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act

116-hr-6957, National Guard COVID–19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6957
- Congress: 116
- Title: National Guard COVID–19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Introduced: 2020-05-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 54
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

National Guard COVID-19 Earned Benefits Guarantee Act This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat full-time National Guard duty performed in response to the national emergency with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as a period of not shorter than 90 days (i.e., the threshold usually required for eligibility for certain retirement and education benefits). Members of Congress are excluded and must deploy for not fewer than 90 days to receive similar benefits eligibility.

## Cosponsors (54)

- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] (D-IA), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] (D-CA), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2020-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6957 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6957)

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