Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 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.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2023
- 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 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2023 to Dec 17, 2024; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | May 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jul 10, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Feb 1, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 29, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Dec 17, 2024 |
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 May 24, 2023 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 24, 2023 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- May 24, 2023Introduced in House
- May 24, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 88, May 24, 2023, page H2597.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4247 | Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 7, 2021 |
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.
- May 24, 2023Introduced 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.
