HRES 1229 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide.

Introduced Mar 25, 2010 Originated House Sponsor Dan Burton R-IN

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Latest action · Apr 23, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 25, 2010
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the current policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide only serves to perpetuate the stigma of mental illness that pervades the Armed Forces; and (2) the President, as Commander-in-Chief, should overturn the policy and treat all military families equally.

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 25, 2010 to May 27, 2010; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-SCBob InglisOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-AKDon YoungOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-AZEd PastorOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-VAFrank R. WolfOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-OHJean SchmidtOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-CALaura RichardsonOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-OHMary Jo KilroyOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-INMike PenceOriginalMar 25, 2010
R-ALParker GriffithOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-WISteve KagenOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalMar 25, 2010
D-CABarbara LeeApr 13, 2010
R-MSGregg HarperApr 13, 2010
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanApr 13, 2010
R-NCHoward CobleApr 13, 2010
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyApr 13, 2010
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettApr 13, 2010
R-KSLynn JenkinsApr 21, 2010
R-NYPeter T. KingApr 21, 2010
R-PATim MurphyApr 21, 2010
R-CAKen CalvertApr 22, 2010
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickApr 22, 2010
R-UTJason ChaffetzApr 27, 2010
R-FLC. W. Bill YoungMay 6, 2010
D-CTJoe CourtneyMay 18, 2010
R-PACharles W. DentMay 24, 2010
D-NCBob EtheridgeMay 27, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Mar 25, 2010
Military Personnel Subcommittee
Referred Apr 23, 2010

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  2. Mar 25, 2010Introduced in House
  3. Mar 25, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2010Introduced in House

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