HR 828 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

TROOP Act

Introduced Feb 6, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Neal P. Dunn R-FL

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Latest action · Feb 6, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 6, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Troop Return Of Overdue Payment Act or the TROOP Act

This bill requires the military departments to reinstate individuals who were involuntarily separated from an Armed Force solely on the basis of refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination (i.e., covered individuals).

Specifically, upon the request of a covered individual, the military department concerned must (1) reinstate the covered individual in the same rank and grade the individual held at the time of separation, and (2) include the period between the involuntary separation and the reinstatement in the computation of the retired or retainer pay of the covered individual.

Additionally, a covered individual who requests reinstatement must be entitled to back pay for the period between the involuntary separation and reinstatement.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2023 to May 10, 2023; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-FLCory MillsOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-TXMichael CloudOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-MSMike EzellOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-FLScott FranklinOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-FLVern BuchananOriginalFeb 6, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsFeb 8, 2023
R-INJames R. BairdFeb 8, 2023
R-TXKeith SelfFeb 8, 2023
R-FLMatt GaetzFeb 8, 2023
R-TXPat FallonFeb 8, 2023
R-KSTracey MannFeb 8, 2023
R-FLAnna Paulina LunaFeb 9, 2023
R-MNPete StauberFeb 9, 2023
R-FLByron DonaldsFeb 17, 2023
R-LAClay HigginsFeb 17, 2023
R-WIScott FitzgeraldFeb 17, 2023
R-FLW. Gregory SteubeFeb 17, 2023
R-AZElijah CraneFeb 21, 2023
R-VABen ClineFeb 27, 2023
R-NYNick LaLotaMay 10, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Feb 6, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 6, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Feb 6, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H710H.R. 828–855—Feb 6, 2023

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14. The single subject of this legislation is: United States Armed Forces Troop Back Pay.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 24, February 6, 2023, page H710.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the reinstatement of an individual involuntarily separated from an Armed Force solely on the basis of refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
TROOP Act
Troop Return Of Overdue Payment 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.

  1. Feb 6, 2023Introduced in House

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