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; 15 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Mar 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Mar 27, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 21, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 21, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 12, 2008 |
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 Mar 1, 2007 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Mar 28, 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2996–S2999 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Mar 12, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2283, H2284 | Harry E. Mitchell D-AZ | Mar 7, 2007 |
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 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-91 | IMPLEMENTING THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008147 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 11, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-68 | WALLS AND WAIVERS: EXPEDITED CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER WALL AND COLLATERAL IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT135 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 28, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-223 | ACCESS TO VA HEALTH CARE AND BENEFITS IN HAWAII183 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Aug 21, 2007–Aug 27, 2007 |
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from injuries.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
