Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 28, 2007 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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 - Requires each recovering servicemember who is assigned to a military barracks or dormitory to be assigned to one that is maintained at the highest service standard in effect for enlisted members of the Armed Forces. Requires at least semiannual inspections of, and appropriate repairs to, any such quarters, as well as alternate housing during periods of unremedied housing deficiencies.
Outlines requirements to be implemented for recovering servicemembers and their families, including: (1) physical disability evaluation system changes; (2) supervising officer and caseworker support; (3) increased training for caseworkers and social workers on particular servicemember conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); (4) increased support services, including an Ombudsman for Recovering Servicemembers; (5) a prohibition on discrimination in employment of family members caring for such servicemembers; and (6) meal benefits for recovering servicemembers and family members caring for such servicemembers.
Establishes the Oversight Board for the Wounded.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2007 to Jun 12, 2008, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-KS | Nancy E. Boyda | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2007Referred 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 713 | Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 | Related bill | Feb 28, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative remedies
- Agriculture and Food
- Ambulatory care
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Case management
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congress and military policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuum of care
- Counseling
- Department of Defense
- Disability evaluation
- Disabled
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee benefit plans
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health counseling
- Housing and Community Development
- Inspectors general
- Internet
- Iraq compilation
- Job hunting
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Leave of absence
- Maintenance and repair
- Military dependents
- Military hospitals
- Military housing
- Military medicine
- Military training
- National Guard
- Occupational retraining
- Ombudsman
- Patients' rights
- Pest control
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Promotions
- Quality of care
- Rehabilitation of the disabled
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Social work
- Spanish language
- Suicide
- Telephone
- Veterans' medical care
- War casualties
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in House
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