HR 32 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Joe Wilson R-SC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 31, 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 3, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act - Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age.

Prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund.

Repeals the optional authority of (and instead requires) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse.

Directs the Secretary concerned to restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to a surviving child or children of a member.

Cosponsors 237

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2013 to Aug 1, 2014, with 19 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILAaron SchockOriginalJan 3, 2013
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-FLDennis A. RossOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-FLJeff MillerOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-NJJon RunyanOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-NVJoseph J. HeckOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-TXK. Michael ConawayOriginalJan 3, 2013
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-PAMichael G. FitzpatrickOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-OHMichael R. TurnerOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-COMike CoffmanOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-NYPeter T. KingOriginalJan 3, 2013
R-FLRichard B. NugentOriginalJan 3, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 31, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  2. Jan 3, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 734A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.Related billApr 16, 2013

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 3, 2013Introduced in House

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