Standing With Our Troops Act of 2005
Latest action · Apr 22, 2005 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 88.
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.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Standing With Our Troops Act of 2005 - Increases authorized end strengths for the Army and Marine Corps.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) publish a monthly accounting of military casualties incurred in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, and any other operation undertaken under the Global War on Terrorism; and (2) establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) an Advisory Panel on Military Awards and Decorations.
Establishes within the National Security Council a Director of Mobilization Planning and Preparedness to identify and develop plans for the performance of necessary governmental and private sector functions on a sustained basis during a national emergency. Requires reports on: (1) necessary reconstitution of military equipment due to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; and (2) DOD policies concerning the length of reserve mobilization and deployment periods in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom. Requires the correction of military pay problems experienced by activated reserve personnel. Establishes a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs).
Provides various programs and authorities to afford financial relief to National Guard and reserve personnel activated for overseas warfighting or domestic homeland security missions, including penalty-free early withdrawals from retirement plans, differential wage payments, and the Ready Reserve-National Guard employee tax credit.
National Guard and Reserve Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2005 - Makes members of the Selected Reserve eligible for TRICARE (a DOD-managed health care program). Allows the continuation of non-TRICARE health benefits coverage for reserves called or ordered to active duty (and their dependents).
Increases from $12,000 to $100,000 the death gratuity for survivors of members killed during active duty or inactive duty training.
Requires a report on additional needs for funding U.S. military and reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2005Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 88.
- Apr 21, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Apr 21, 2005Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 11 | Standing With Our Troops Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Afghanistan
- Annuities
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Army
- Authorization
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congress and military policy
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Debt relief
- Defense budgets
- Defense industries
- Defense procurement
- Department of Defense
- Disaster relief
- Economic assistance
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Employee rights
- Energy
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Family services
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign loans
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health insurance continuation
- Income tax
- Individual retirement accounts
- Insurance premiums
- International Affairs
- International relief
- Internet
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Labor and Employment
- Legislation
- Maintenance and repair
- Managed care
- Marines
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military and naval supplies
- Military dependents
- Military intervention
- Military maneuvers
- Military medals, decorations, etc.
- Military medicine
- Military occupation
- Military operations
- Military pay
- Military pensions
- Military personnel
- Military readiness
- Military technology
- National Guard
- Petroleum
- Petroleum industry
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- President and foreign policy
- Presidential appointments
- Recruiting and enlistment
- Salaries
- Science, Technology, Communications
- South Asia
- Standards
- Supplemental appropriations
- Survivors' benefits
- Tax credits
- Tax exclusion
- Tax penalties
- Tax-deferred compensation plans
- Taxation
- Terrorism
- Veterans' employment
- Wages
- War casualties
- War relief
- Web sites
- Withholding tax
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2005Placed on Calendar Senate
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