HRES 387 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members of the Armed Forces serving in combat zones in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom should cover all travel and transportation costs necessary to return members of the Armed Forces granted such leave to their homes located throughout the United States.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 1, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 1, 2003
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members of the armed forces serving in combat zones in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom should cover all travel and transportation costs necessary to return members granted leave to their homes. (Currently, such program covers transportation to only an approved point of debarkation in the United States.)

Cosponsors 140

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 1, 2003 to Apr 2, 2004, with 48 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalOct 1, 2003
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-GADavid ScottOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalOct 1, 2003
R-CADoug OseOriginalOct 1, 2003
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalOct 1, 2003
R-MIFred UptonOriginalOct 1, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 1, 2003Introduced in House
  2. Oct 1, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

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

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