Hubbard Act
Latest action · Apr 25, 2008 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.
- IntroducedApr 16, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hubbard Act - Amends federal employment, armed forces, military pay, and veterans' benefits law to authorize the provision of the following benefits to a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged at the member's request pursuant to a Department of Defense (DOD) policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled: (1) continued payment, through the original agreed-upon service period, of any bonus, incentive, or similar benefit to which the member was entitled during service; (2) separation pay, even though the member has completed less than six years of active service before discharge; (3) transitional health care, on the same basis as an active-duty member, for 180 days after discharge; (4) transitional commissary and exchange benefits, on the same basis as an active-duty member, for two years after discharge; (5) veterans' housing loan, employment and training, and basic educational assistance; (6) federal unemployment compensation; and (7) veteran's preference for federal employment purposes.
Makes this Act effective with respect to any such discharge granted after September 11, 2001.
Cosponsors 312
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 16, 2008 to Jul 31, 2008, with 239 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-ID | Bill Sali | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Apr 16, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Apr 16, 2008Introduced in House
- Apr 16, 2008Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2874 | Hubbard Act | Identical bill | Apr 16, 2008 |
| HR 6580 | Hubbard Act | Related bill | Sep 4, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Disabled
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Health
- Housing and Community Development
- Iraq compilation
- Labor and Employment
- Military dependents
- Military discharges
- Military medicine
- Military pay
- Missing in action
- Mortgages
- Post exchanges
- Severance pay
- Unemployment insurance
- Veterans' benefits
- Veterans' employment
- Veterans' loans
- War casualties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2008Introduced in House
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