HR 5055 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the amount of the military death gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000.

Introduced Sep 9, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Dennis Moore D-KS

Latest action · Sep 9, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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.

IntroducedSep 9, 2004
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Increases the death gratuity payable with respect to members of the Armed Forces from $12,000 to $50,000. Makes this increase applicable to deaths occurring on or after September 11, 2001.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to derive funds for payments under this Act in FY 2005 from travel funds for personnel of the Office of the Secretary.

Cosponsors 219

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2004 to Nov 19, 2004; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-IN	Baron P. Hill	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NC	Bob Etheridge	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-AZ	Ed Pastor	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-MN	Jim Ramstad	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-AL	Jo Bonner	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-CO	Joel Hefley	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-GA	John Linder	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-PA	John P. Murtha	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-TN	John S. Tanner	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CO	Mark Udall	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-TX	Nick Lampson	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-OH	Ted Strickland	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-VA	Tom Davis	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-NE	Tom Osborne	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-NM	Tom Udall	Original	Sep 9, 2004
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Sep 9, 2004
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Sep 15, 2004
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Sep 15, 2004
D-AL	Artur Davis		Sep 15, 2004
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Sep 15, 2004
D-OK	Brad Carson		Sep 15, 2004
D-WA	Brian Baird		Sep 15, 2004
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Sep 15, 2004
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		Sep 15, 2004
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Sep 15, 2004
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Sep 15, 2004
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Sep 15, 2004
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Sep 15, 2004
D-LA	Christopher John		Sep 15, 2004
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Sep 15, 2004
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Sep 15, 2004
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Sep 15, 2004
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Sep 15, 2004
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Sep 15, 2004
D-HI	Ed Case		Sep 15, 2004
D-TX	Gene Green		Sep 15, 2004
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	George Miller		Sep 15, 2004
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 15, 2004
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Sep 15, 2004
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Sep 15, 2004
R-IA	James A. Leach		Sep 15, 2004
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Sep 15, 2004
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Sep 15, 2004
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Sep 15, 2004
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Sep 15, 2004
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 15, 2004
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Sep 15, 2004
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Sep 15, 2004
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Sep 15, 2004
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Sep 15, 2004
D-CT	John B. Larson		Sep 15, 2004
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Sep 15, 2004
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Sep 15, 2004
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Sep 15, 2004
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Sep 15, 2004
D-IL	Lane Evans		Sep 15, 2004
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Sep 15, 2004
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 15, 2004
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Sep 15, 2004
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Sep 15, 2004
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Sep 15, 2004
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Sep 15, 2004
D-AR	Mike Ross		Sep 15, 2004
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Sep 15, 2004
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Sep 15, 2004
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		Sep 15, 2004
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Sep 15, 2004
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Sep 15, 2004
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Sep 15, 2004
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Sep 15, 2004
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		Sep 15, 2004
D-WI	Ron Kind		Sep 15, 2004
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Sep 15, 2004
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Sep 15, 2004
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Sep 15, 2004
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Sep 15, 2004
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Sep 15, 2004
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Sep 15, 2004
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Sep 15, 2004
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Sep 15, 2004
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Sep 15, 2004
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Sep 15, 2004
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Sep 23, 2004
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Sep 23, 2004
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 23, 2004
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Sep 23, 2004
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Sep 23, 2004
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Sep 23, 2004
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Sep 23, 2004
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Sep 23, 2004
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 23, 2004
D-OR	David Wu		Sep 23, 2004
D-GA	Denise L. Majette		Sep 23, 2004
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Sep 23, 2004
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Sep 23, 2004
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Sep 23, 2004
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Sep 23, 2004
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Sep 23, 2004
D-CA	Jane Harman		Sep 23, 2004
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Sep 23, 2004
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Sep 23, 2004
D-TX	Jim Turner		Sep 23, 2004
R-IL	John Shimkus		Sep 23, 2004
D-MA	John W. Olver		Sep 23, 2004
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Sep 23, 2004
R-NE	Lee Terry		Sep 23, 2004
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 23, 2004
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Sep 23, 2004
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Sep 23, 2004
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Sep 23, 2004
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Sep 23, 2004
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Sep 23, 2004
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Sep 23, 2004
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Sep 23, 2004
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 23, 2004
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Sep 23, 2004
R-NY	Amo Houghton		Sep 30, 2004
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Sep 30, 2004
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Sep 30, 2004
R-IN	Dan Burton		Sep 30, 2004
D-GA	David Scott		Sep 30, 2004
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Sep 30, 2004
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Sep 30, 2004
R-MI	Fred Upton		Sep 30, 2004
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.		Sep 30, 2004
R-CA	George Radanovich		Sep 30, 2004
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Sep 30, 2004
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe		Sep 30, 2004
R-AR	John Boozman		Sep 30, 2004
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Sep 30, 2004
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Sep 30, 2004
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Sep 30, 2004
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Sep 30, 2004
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Sep 30, 2004
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Sep 30, 2004
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Sep 30, 2004
R-CA	Christopher Cox		Oct 7, 2004
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Oct 7, 2004
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Oct 7, 2004
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Oct 7, 2004
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Oct 9, 2004
D-MA	Barney Frank		Oct 9, 2004
D-CA	Bob Filner		Oct 9, 2004
D-TX	Chris Bell		Oct 9, 2004
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Oct 9, 2004
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Oct 9, 2004
R-OR	Greg Walden		Oct 9, 2004
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Oct 9, 2004
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Oct 9, 2004
D-FL	Jim Davis		Oct 9, 2004
D-CA	Joe Baca		Oct 9, 2004
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Oct 9, 2004
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Oct 9, 2004
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Oct 9, 2004
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Oct 9, 2004
R-GA	Max Burns		Oct 9, 2004
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Oct 9, 2004
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Oct 9, 2004
R-PA	Phil English		Oct 9, 2004
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Oct 9, 2004
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Oct 9, 2004
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Oct 9, 2004
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Oct 9, 2004
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Nov 19, 2004
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Nov 19, 2004
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Nov 19, 2004
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Nov 19, 2004
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Nov 19, 2004

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 Sep 9, 2004

Actions 2

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Sep 9, 2004Introduced in House
Sep 9, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2867	A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the amount of the military death gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000.	Identical bill	Sep 30, 2004

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the amount of the military death gratuity from $12,000 to $50,000.

Subjects

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

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Sep 9, 2004Introduced in House

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