HR 2059 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Coast Guard STRONG Act

Introduced May 20, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Niki Tsongas D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 20, 2013 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.

IntroducedMay 20, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Coast Guard STRONG Act - Directs the Secretary concerned (under current law, the Secretaries of the military departments) to issue regulations to ensure the timely determination of a request for a permanent change of station or unit transfer by a member of the Armed Forces who is the victim of a sexual assault or related offense (thereby including the Coast Guard within such requirement).

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2013 to Sep 11, 2013, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	May 20, 2013
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	May 20, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	May 20, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	May 20, 2013
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	May 20, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	May 20, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	May 20, 2013
R-NJ	Jon Runyan	Original	May 20, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	May 20, 2013
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	May 20, 2013
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	May 20, 2013
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	May 20, 2013
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	May 20, 2013
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 22, 2013
D-WI	Mark Pocan		May 22, 2013

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 20, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 20, 2013Introduced in House
May 20, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1050	Coast Guard STRONG Act	Identical bill	May 23, 2013

Subjects

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

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May 20, 2013Introduced in House

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