U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran seeks to alter bewildering National Guard, Reserve duty-status system

TOPEKA — Federal legislation cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas would reduce duty-status classifications of National Guard and Reserve troops from about 30 to four categories while standardizing compensation, clarifying mission eligibility requirements and bringing consistency to veterans’ benefits.

Moran, a Republican, was among a bipartisan coalition of five Republicans and five Democrats in Congress who put their shoulder behind a measure streamlining the complex framework for determining duty status. Complementary legislation was …