S 387 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of uniformed services, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 17, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Barbara Boxer D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 17, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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.

IntroducedFeb 17, 2011
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Directs each Secretary of the military department concerned to: (1) establish procedures to implement flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) for military health care and dependent care for active-duty military personnel on a pre-tax basis; and (2) consider life events of members of the Armed Forces that are unique to them, including changes relating to permanent changes of duty station and deployments to overseas contingency operations.

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress recommendations on the advisability of authorizing FSAs for members of the reserves.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 17, 2011 to Jul 23, 2012, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Feb 17, 2011
R-NC	Richard Burr	Original	Feb 17, 2011
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Mar 3, 2011
D-AK	Mark Begich		Mar 7, 2011
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski		Mar 14, 2011
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Mar 28, 2011
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg		Mar 28, 2011
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Jul 11, 2011
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman		Jul 12, 2011
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal		Jul 19, 2011
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Jul 28, 2011
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe		Jul 28, 2011
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons		Jul 29, 2011
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen		Aug 2, 2011
D-VA	Mark R. Warner		Sep 8, 2011

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Actions 2

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Feb 17, 2011Introduced in Senate
Feb 17, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 791	To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Mar 3, 2011

Subjects

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

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Feb 17, 2011Introduced in Senate

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