Wounded Warrior Bonus Equity Act
Latest action · Jan 23, 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.
- IntroducedDec 3, 2007
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Wounded Warrior Bonus Equity Act - Provides that, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces who is retired or separated for disability due to a combat-related injury, the Secretary of Defense shall require the continued payment of any covered bonuses or special pay to which the member: (1) was entitled to immediately before the retirement or separation; and (2) would continue to be entitled to if not retired or separated.
Requires such payment in a lump sum within 90 days after such retirement or separation.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 3, 2007 to Jan 28, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| D-VA | Jim Webb | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Dec 3, 2007 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Dec 5, 2007 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Dec 11, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Dec 12, 2007 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Dec 13, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Dec 13, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Dec 14, 2007 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Dec 14, 2007 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jan 28, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred Dec 3, 2007Discharged Dec 14, 2007 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Dec 17, 2007 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jan 23, 2008 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 23, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Dec 17, 2007Received in the House.
- Dec 17, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Dec 14, 2007Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15705-15706)
- Dec 14, 2007Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15705-15706)
In the Congressional Record 3
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 S15705Text printed S15705 | Harry Reid D-NV | Dec 14, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S15177 | Jeff Sessions R-AL | Dec 12, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S14703 | Jeff Sessions R-AL | Dec 3, 2007 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to continue to pay to a member of the Armed Forces who is retired or separated from the Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury certain bonuses that the member was entitled to before the retirement or separation and would continue to be entitled to if the member was not retired or separated, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wounded Warrior Bonus Equity Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Wounded Warrior Bonus Equity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2007Referred in House
- Dec 15, 2007Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 3, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
