HR 3831 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

National Guard Retirement bill

Official title To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service from 60 to 55.

Introduced Mar 4, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Jim Saxton R-NJ

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Oct 1, 2002 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 4, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reduces from 60 to 55 the minimum age for the receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service.

Cosponsors 159

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2002 to Oct 15, 2002; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2002
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Mar 4, 2002
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Mar 4, 2002
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2002
R-NJ	Marge Roukema	Original	Mar 4, 2002
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Mar 4, 2002
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Mar 4, 2002
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 12, 2002
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Mar 12, 2002
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 18, 2002
D-TX	Martin Frost		Mar 18, 2002
D-OH	Tony P. Hall		Mar 18, 2002
D-WA	Adam Smith		Apr 9, 2002
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Apr 9, 2002
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman		Apr 9, 2002
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Apr 9, 2002
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Apr 9, 2002
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Apr 9, 2002
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Apr 9, 2002
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 9, 2002
R-SC	Jim DeMint		Apr 9, 2002
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Apr 9, 2002
D-CA	Joe Baca		Apr 9, 2002
D-GU	Robert A. Underwood		Apr 9, 2002
R-TX	Ron Paul		Apr 9, 2002
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 9, 2002
D-PA	Tim Holden		Apr 9, 2002
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Apr 9, 2002
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Apr 10, 2002
R-AR	John Boozman		Apr 10, 2002
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Apr 10, 2002
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Apr 10, 2002
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers		Apr 10, 2002
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Apr 10, 2002
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Apr 10, 2002
R-PA	Phil English		Apr 10, 2002
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Apr 10, 2002
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Apr 11, 2002
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 11, 2002
D-TN	Bob Clement		Apr 16, 2002
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 16, 2002
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Apr 16, 2002
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Apr 17, 2002
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Apr 17, 2002
R-NV	Jim Gibbons		Apr 17, 2002
R-IN	John N. Hostettler		Apr 17, 2002
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Apr 17, 2002
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Apr 17, 2002
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Apr 18, 2002
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Apr 22, 2002
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Apr 23, 2002
R-LA	John Cooksey		Apr 24, 2002
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Apr 24, 2002
R-TN	Van Hilleary		Apr 24, 2002
D-MA	Barney Frank		Apr 25, 2002
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Apr 25, 2002
D-MI	James A. Barcia		Apr 29, 2002
D-MA	John W. Olver		Apr 29, 2002
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Apr 29, 2002
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Apr 29, 2002
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Apr 29, 2002
D-IN	Julia Carson		Apr 30, 2002
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		May 1, 2002
R-AK	Don Young		May 1, 2002
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 1, 2002
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		May 2, 2002
R-CA	Doug Ose		May 2, 2002
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		May 2, 2002
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		May 6, 2002
D-KS	Dennis Moore		May 6, 2002
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		May 6, 2002
D-PA	Robert A. Borski		May 6, 2002
R-NY	Peter T. King		May 8, 2002
R-FL	Jeff Miller		May 14, 2002
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		May 14, 2002
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		May 16, 2002
D-OK	Brad Carson		May 16, 2002
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		May 16, 2002
D-CO	Mark Udall		May 16, 2002
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		May 16, 2002
D-NM	Tom Udall		May 16, 2002
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		May 21, 2002
D-FL	Allen Boyd		May 23, 2002
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		May 23, 2002
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		May 23, 2002
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		May 23, 2002
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		May 23, 2002
D-LA	Christopher John		Jun 4, 2002
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jun 4, 2002
R-MD	Constance A. Morella		Jun 5, 2002
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 5, 2002
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci		Jun 5, 2002
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jun 5, 2002
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 5, 2002
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jun 5, 2002
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Jun 10, 2002
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jun 13, 2002
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Jun 13, 2002
R-GA	Bob Barr		Jun 13, 2002
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Jun 13, 2002
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard		Jun 13, 2002
R-TN	Ed Bryant		Jun 13, 2002
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher		Jun 13, 2002
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Jun 13, 2002
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Jun 13, 2002
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jun 17, 2002
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jun 17, 2002
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jun 17, 2002
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jun 17, 2002
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Jun 18, 2002
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Jun 19, 2002
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Jun 19, 2002
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 20, 2002
R-PA	George W. Gekas		Jun 20, 2002
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.		Jun 20, 2002
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jun 25, 2002
R-LA	David Vitter		Jun 25, 2002
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jun 25, 2002
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jun 25, 2002
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jun 27, 2002
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jun 27, 2002
R-VA	Tom Davis		Jun 27, 2002
D-TX	Jim Turner		Jul 8, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 8, 2002
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jul 8, 2002
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 9, 2002
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jul 9, 2002
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Jul 9, 2002
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 9, 2002
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 10, 2002
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jul 10, 2002
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Jul 15, 2002
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jul 17, 2002
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jul 17, 2002
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jul 17, 2002
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Jul 22, 2002
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Jul 26, 2002
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Sep 4, 2002
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich		Sep 4, 2002
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Sep 5, 2002
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman		Sep 5, 2002
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Sep 5, 2002
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Sep 5, 2002
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 5, 2002
R-CO	Bob Schaffer		Sep 9, 2002
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Sep 10, 2002
D-IL	David D. Phelps		Sep 11, 2002
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila		Sep 17, 2002
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Sep 19, 2002
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink		Sep 24, 2002
R-AL	Bob Riley		Sep 25, 2002
R-MD	Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.		Sep 25, 2002
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Sep 26, 2002
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Oct 1, 2002
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Oct 1, 2002
R-MI	Dave Camp		Oct 3, 2002
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Oct 3, 2002
R-SD	John Thune		Oct 8, 2002
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Oct 15, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Mar 4, 2002
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred Mar 12, 2002

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 1, 2002Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Mar 12, 2002Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 12, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 4, 2002Introduced in House
Mar 4, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 107-696	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003386 pages	Armed Services Committee	Feb 13, 2002–Apr 11, 2002

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service from 60 to 55.
Popular Titles: National Guard Retirement bill; Early Military Retirement bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 4, 2002Introduced in House

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