Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 3, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2019
This bill distributes a payment of $25,000 to U.S. merchant marines who engaged in qualified service during World War II. To be eligible, an individual must apply for the benefit and must not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. The bill sets forth what constitutes qualified service, including time frame of service and licensing requirements.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 6, 2019, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Jan 3, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jan 8, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jan 8, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jan 8, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jan 14, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jan 14, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 14, 2019 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jan 17, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Mar 7, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jun 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Aug 6, 2019 |
Actions 2
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- Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
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- Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
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