Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2015 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 16, 2015
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act
(Sec. 2) Any person who is entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or who, but for age, would be so entitled shall be honored as a veteran.
A person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 628 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed407–0 | Nov 16, 2015 |
Cosponsors 132
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2015 to Oct 21, 2015; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
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 16, 2015Markup Sep 17, 2015Reported Oct 21, 2015 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2015Hearings Jun 24, 2015Markup Jul 9, 2015Reported Jul 9, 2015 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2015 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Nov 16, 2015Mr. Costello (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Nov 16, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8175-8176)
- Nov 16, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1384.
- Nov 16, 2015At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Nov 16, 2015Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8211)
- Nov 16, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 628). (text: CR H8175-8176)
- Nov 16, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 21, 2015Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-302.
- Oct 21, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 229.
- Sep 17, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 17, 2015Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 9, 2015Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 9, 2015Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jun 24, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Mar 16, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H8175, H8176Text printed H8175Recorded votes H8211enact | Corrine Brown D-FL, Ryan A. Costello R-PA, Timothy J. Walz D-MN | Nov 16, 2015 |
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
- Oct 13, 2015H.R. 1384, Honor America’s Guard-Reserve Retirees ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 17, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 44, March 16, 2015, page H1662.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-28 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2214, H.R. 1380, H.R. 2706, H.R. 2691, H.R. 303, H.R. 1338, H.R. 1302, H.R. 2605 AND H.R. 1384111 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 24, 2015 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 743 | Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2015 | Related bill | Mar 16, 2015 |
| HR 1735 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 | Related bill | Oct 22, 2015 |
| HR 6062 | SERVICE Act | Related bill | Oct 19, 2016 |
Titles 4
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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2015Referred in Senate
- Nov 16, 2015Engrossed in House
- Oct 21, 2015Reported in House
- Mar 16, 2015Introduced 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.
