HR 1046 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Honor the WISH Act

Introduced Mar 11, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Steve Cohen D-TN

Latest action · Mar 18, 2011 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 11, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Honor the Written Intent of our Soldier Heroes Act or Honor the WISH Act - Includes, as a person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of a member of the Armed Forces who dies while on active duty, the person identified by the decedent on the record of emergency data maintained by the Secretary of the military department concerned as the Person Authorized to Direct Disposition, regardless of the relationship of the designee to the decedent.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2011 to Jul 19, 2011; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 11, 2011
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Mar 11, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Mar 11, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Mar 11, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Mar 11, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson	Original	Mar 11, 2011
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Mar 11, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Mar 11, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 11, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank		Mar 15, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Mar 15, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 15, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Mar 15, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		Mar 15, 2011
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 15, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Mar 15, 2011
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Mar 15, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Mar 15, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Mar 15, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 15, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 16, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Mar 16, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Mar 16, 2011
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Mar 16, 2011
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Mar 31, 2011
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 19, 2011

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 11, 2011
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred Mar 18, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House
Mar 11, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1769.

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a member of the Armed Forces to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty.
Short Titles as Introduced: Honor the WISH Act; Honor the Written Intent of our Soldier Heroes Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 11, 2011Introduced in House

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