To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.
Latest action · Oct 12, 2011 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 10, 2011
- Passed HouseOct 11, 2011
- Passed SenateNot 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.)
Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.
Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.
Cosponsors 54
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2011 to Sep 20, 2011; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Jon Runyan | Original | Mar 10, 2011 |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Original | Mar 10, 2011 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-NH | Charles F. Bass | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Nan A. S. Hayworth | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Apr 4, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 2, 2011 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | May 4, 2011 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 4, 2011 | |
| R-NV | Joseph J. Heck | Jun 14, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Jul 20, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Jul 20, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Aug 2, 2011 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 12, 2011 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Sep 12, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 12, 2011 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Sep 20, 2011 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2011Markup Sep 8, 2011Reported Oct 5, 2011 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2011Hearings Jul 7, 2011Markup Jul 22, 2011Reported Jul 22, 2011 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 12, 2011 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 12, 2011Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Oct 11, 2011Mr. Runyan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Oct 11, 2011Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6729-6730)
- Oct 11, 2011DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1025.
- Oct 11, 2011Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6729)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6729, H6730Text printed H6729 | Bob Filner D-CA, David P. Roe R-TN, Jon Runyan R-NJ, Timothy J. Walz D-MN, Tom Latham R-IA | Oct 11, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3309 | Timothy J. Walz D-MN | May 23, 2011 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 16, 2011H.R. 1025, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under lawCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 8, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1726.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013109 pages | Appropriations Committee | Jun 6, 2012 |
| Serial No. 112-51 | JOINT HEARING TO RECEIVE LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS122 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 22, 2012 |
| S. Hrg. 112-798 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013651 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 7, 2012–Jun 13, 2012 |
| Serial No. 112-22 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 923, H.R. 1025, H.R. 1826, H.R. 1898, AND H.R. 234965 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 7, 2011 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40815 | Gray Area Retirees—Issues and Legislation Archived | Report | Jan 5, 2012 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 491 | Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jun 8, 2011 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 12, 2011Referred in Senate
- Oct 11, 2011Engrossed in House
- Oct 5, 2011Reported in House
- Mar 10, 2011Introduced 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.
