HR 808 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Introduced Feb 15, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Henry E. Brown, Jr. R-SC

Latest action · Mar 14, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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.

IntroducedFeb 15, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act - Repeals, as of the later of October 1, 2005, or the date of enactment of this Act, certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age.

Provides for the recoupment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund.

Cosponsors 214

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2005 to Nov 15, 2006; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-TX	Chet Edwards	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-NH	Jeb Bradley	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Feb 15, 2005
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-VA	Tom Davis	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-TN	William L. Jenkins	Original	Feb 15, 2005
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Mar 14, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Mar 14, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Mar 14, 2005
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 14, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Mar 14, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Mar 14, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 14, 2005
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 14, 2005
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Mar 14, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Mar 14, 2005
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Mar 14, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 14, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Mar 14, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 6, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Apr 6, 2005
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Apr 6, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Apr 6, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 6, 2005
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Apr 6, 2005
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Apr 6, 2005
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Apr 6, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green		Apr 6, 2005
D-IL	Lane Evans		Apr 6, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Apr 6, 2005
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Apr 6, 2005
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Apr 6, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 6, 2005
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Apr 13, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 13, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank		Apr 13, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Apr 13, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Apr 13, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Apr 13, 2005
R-CO	Joel Hefley		Apr 13, 2005
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Apr 13, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Apr 13, 2005
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno		Apr 13, 2005
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Apr 13, 2005
D-AR	Marion Berry		Apr 13, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Apr 13, 2005
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Apr 13, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Apr 13, 2005
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Apr 13, 2005
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Apr 13, 2005
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Apr 13, 2005
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 13, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul		Apr 13, 2005
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Apr 13, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Apr 13, 2005
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 13, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Apr 13, 2005
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Apr 13, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Apr 21, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Apr 21, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Apr 21, 2005
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 21, 2005
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 21, 2005
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Apr 21, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Apr 21, 2005
R-MI	John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz		Apr 21, 2005
D-CO	John T. Salazar		Apr 21, 2005
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Lois Capps		Apr 21, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross		Apr 21, 2005
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Apr 21, 2005
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		Apr 21, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Apr 21, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Apr 21, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Apr 21, 2005
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Apr 21, 2005
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Apr 21, 2005
D-NM	Tom Udall		Apr 21, 2005
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Apr 28, 2005
D-LA	Charlie Melancon		Apr 28, 2005
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Apr 28, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Apr 28, 2005
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Apr 28, 2005
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Apr 28, 2005
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Apr 28, 2005
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Apr 28, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Apr 28, 2005
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Apr 28, 2005
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Apr 28, 2005
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Apr 28, 2005
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Apr 28, 2005
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Apr 28, 2005
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Apr 28, 2005
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Apr 28, 2005
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Apr 28, 2005
R-AZ	Rick Renzi		Apr 28, 2005
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Apr 28, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Apr 28, 2005
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Apr 28, 2005
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Apr 28, 2005
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		May 5, 2005
R-FL	Connie Mack		May 5, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		May 5, 2005
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 5, 2005
D-GA	John Barrow		May 5, 2005
D-TN	John S. Tanner		May 5, 2005
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		May 5, 2005
D-CO	Mark Udall		May 5, 2005
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 5, 2005
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 5, 2005
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		May 5, 2005
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		May 5, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		May 5, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		May 5, 2005
D-MN	Betty McCollum		May 24, 2005
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 24, 2005
R-KY	Harold Rogers		May 24, 2005
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		May 24, 2005
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 24, 2005
R-IL	Jerry Weller		May 24, 2005
D-FL	Jim Davis		May 24, 2005
R-AR	John Boozman		May 24, 2005
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 24, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus		May 24, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		May 24, 2005
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		May 24, 2005
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		May 24, 2005
D-WA	Rick Larsen		May 24, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		May 24, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		May 24, 2005
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		May 24, 2005
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Jun 17, 2005
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jun 17, 2005
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jun 17, 2005
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jun 17, 2005
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo		Jun 17, 2005
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Jun 17, 2005
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Jun 17, 2005
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jul 19, 2005
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 19, 2005
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jul 19, 2005
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Jul 19, 2005
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Jul 19, 2005
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Jul 19, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jul 19, 2005
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Jul 19, 2005
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jul 19, 2005
R-FL	Ric Keller		Jul 19, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jul 19, 2005
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jul 19, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Jul 19, 2005
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Jul 27, 2005
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Sep 13, 2005
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Sep 13, 2005
D-CA	Joe Baca		Sep 13, 2005
D-WA	Adam Smith		Sep 29, 2005
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Nov 16, 2005
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Nov 16, 2005
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Nov 16, 2005
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Nov 16, 2005
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Nov 17, 2005
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Nov 17, 2005
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Nov 17, 2005
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Nov 17, 2005
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Nov 17, 2005
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Nov 17, 2005
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Nov 18, 2005
D-HI	Ed Case		Nov 18, 2005
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Nov 18, 2005
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Dec 14, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Dec 14, 2005
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Mar 7, 2006
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Mar 7, 2006
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Mar 7, 2006
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Mar 7, 2006
R-IA	James A. Leach		Mar 13, 2006
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 13, 2006
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 13, 2006
D-AL	Artur Davis		Mar 30, 2006
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 30, 2006
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 30, 2006
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Apr 25, 2006
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		May 4, 2006
R-CA	Mary Bono		May 4, 2006
R-KY	Ron Lewis		May 10, 2006
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		May 23, 2006
D-MI	John D. Dingell		May 23, 2006
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jun 28, 2006
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Jun 28, 2006
D-IL	Melissa L. Bean		Jul 27, 2006
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Sep 6, 2006
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Sep 6, 2006
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Sep 25, 2006
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Sep 26, 2006
R-MN	John Kline		Sep 26, 2006
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Nov 15, 2006
R-AL	Terry Everett		Nov 15, 2006

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 Feb 15, 2005
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred Mar 14, 2005

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2005Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 14, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 15, 2005Introduced in House
Feb 15, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

In the Congressional Record 10

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1305	Corrine Brown D-FL	Jun 28, 2006
House	Discharge petition H3724	—	Jun 9, 2006
House	Discharge petition H3310, H3362	—	May 25, 2006
House	Discharge petition H1682	—	Apr 6, 2006
House	Discharge petition H1131	—	Mar 16, 2006

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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 5

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

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
—	OVERSIGHT HEARING TO REVIEW PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE UPCOMING YEAR HEARING I200 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Sep 20, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-827	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007402 pages	Armed Services Committee	Mar 1, 2006–Apr 4, 2006
—	HEARING ON LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND MILITARY ASSOCIATIONS HEARING II235 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Feb 16, 2006
—	THE VA'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007288 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Feb 8, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-376	FIELD HEARING ON THE STATE OF VA CARE IN HAWAII: PART II89 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Jan 11, 2006

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 271	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 808) to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as dependency and indemnity compensation.	Related bill	Nov 16, 2005

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as dependency and indemnity compensation.
Short Titles as Introduced: Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 15, 2005Introduced in House

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