Troops Phone Home Free Extension Act
Latest action · May 16, 2005 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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Troops Phone Home Free Extension Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, as amended by the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, respecting the Department of Defense (DOD) telecommunications benefit program to: (1) expand coverage from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to any contingency operation (including Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom); (2) revise the deadline from September 30, 2006, through the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense determines that a contingency operation has ended; and (3) include members of the Armed Forces who are hospitalized as a result of wounds or other injuries incurred while serving in direct support of a contingency operation.
Defines "contingency operation."
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2005 to Nov 7, 2005, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | May 16, 2005 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | May 16, 2005 |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Original | May 16, 2005 |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Original | May 16, 2005 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 16, 2005 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Original | May 16, 2005 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 24, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Nov 7, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 16, 2005Introduced in House
- May 16, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- May 16, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E986)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Afghanistan
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Health
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military medicine
- Military occupation
- Military operations
- Military pay
- Patients' rights
- Science, Technology, Communications
- South Asia
- Telecommunication rates
- Telephone
- War casualties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2005Introduced in House
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