Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act
Latest action · Sep 7, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act
This bill provides disability pay and medical care for members of the National Guard who were physically disabled as a result of state active duty. State active duty includes training or other duty in service to the governor of a state for which the member is not entitled to federal pay, but excludes required drills and field exercises.
The bill expands eligibility for Department of Defense retired pay to such members who are physically disabled as a result of state active duty after September 23, 1996. Such pay must be reduced if it is determined to duplicate any other federal or state benefit to such members based on disability.
The bill also makes such members eligible for hospital care and medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat the disability and any illness or condition arising from the disability. The VA may provide reimbursement for hospital care or medical services provided to such members only after a member or the provider of care has exhausted (without success) all claims and remedies reasonably available against a third party.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2021 to Jan 6, 2022; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jan 6, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2021 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 30, 2021 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Sep 7, 2021 | |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 7, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Sep 7, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 30, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2021Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 114, June 30, 2021, page H3580.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3628 | Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 20, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to extend certain benefits to members of the National Guard who incur disabilities while performing State active duty.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2021Introduced 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.
