HR 1384 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act

Introduced Mar 16, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Timothy J. Walz D-MN

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
D-HI	Mark Takai	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Mar 16, 2015
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Mar 16, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Mar 16, 2015
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur	Original	Mar 16, 2015
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Mar 16, 2015
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Mar 16, 2015
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Mar 16, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Mar 16, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Mar 18, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Mar 19, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 19, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 23, 2015
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Mar 23, 2015
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Mar 23, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Mar 25, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Apr 14, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins		Apr 14, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Apr 14, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson		Apr 14, 2015
R-MN	John Kline		Apr 14, 2015
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Apr 14, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Apr 14, 2015
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Apr 14, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 14, 2015
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Apr 14, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Apr 15, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Apr 21, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Apr 21, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Apr 22, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Apr 23, 2015
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Apr 23, 2015
R-IN	Luke Messer		Apr 28, 2015
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Apr 29, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Apr 30, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		May 12, 2015
R-UT	Mia B. Love		May 13, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 18, 2015
R-SC	Mark Sanford		May 18, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu		May 19, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 19, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		May 22, 2015
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jun 8, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jun 8, 2015
R-IA	David Young		Jun 10, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jun 24, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jun 25, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jul 7, 2015
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		Jul 7, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Jul 9, 2015
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 13, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jul 13, 2015
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Jul 14, 2015
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jul 14, 2015
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 15, 2015
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jul 15, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 15, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jul 20, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jul 20, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 20, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 20, 2015
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jul 21, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Jul 21, 2015
R-AK	Don Young		Jul 21, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Jul 21, 2015
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jul 21, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Jul 21, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jul 22, 2015
R-NY	John Katko		Jul 22, 2015
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jul 22, 2015
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jul 23, 2015
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jul 23, 2015
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Jul 23, 2015
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 27, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jul 27, 2015
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jul 27, 2015
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 27, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Jul 27, 2015
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jul 28, 2015
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jul 28, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Jul 28, 2015
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 28, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jul 28, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Jul 28, 2015
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jul 29, 2015
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Jul 29, 2015
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 29, 2015
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Jul 29, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Jul 29, 2015
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Jul 29, 2015
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jul 29, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 29, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Jul 29, 2015
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Jul 29, 2015
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jul 29, 2015
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Jul 31, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jul 31, 2015
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jul 31, 2015
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jul 31, 2015
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Jul 31, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 31, 2015
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 8, 2015
D-CT	James A. Himes		Sep 8, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Sep 10, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Sep 10, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Sep 16, 2015
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 18, 2015
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Sep 24, 2015
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Oct 21, 2015
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Oct 21, 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.

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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

H. Rept. 114-302

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution. ____________________

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

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