National convention, october 2-5, 2005, in bossier - Korean War ...

House Committee on Armed Services. Amend Title 10, US
Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for
non-regular service from 60 to 55.
H.R. 1102 – Rep. Steven Jay Israel, (D-2-NY), 03/03/2005 –
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. Amend Title
10, US Code, to protect the financial condition of members of
the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are ordered to
long-term active duty in support of a contingency operation.
S. 1142 – Sen. Mary Landrieu, (D-LA), 05/26/2005 – Referred
to the Senate Committee on Finance. Provide pay protection for
members of the Reserve and National Guard (Hope at Home
Act).
H.R. 2060 – Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, (R-46-CA), 05/03/2005 –
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. Amend the
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of
2005 to exempt from the means test in bankruptcy cases, for a
limited period, qualifying reserve-component members who,
after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform
a home-land defense activity for not less than 60 days.
S. 32 – Sen. Mark Dayton, (D-MN), 01/24/2005 – Referred to
the Senate Committee on Armed Services. Enhance the benefits
and protections for members of the reserve components of the
Armed Forces who are called or ordered to extend active duty,
and for other purposes.
S. 38 – Sen. Patty Murray, (D-WA), 01/24/2005 – Referred to
the Senate Committee on Finance. Enhance and improve benefits
for members of the National Guard and Reserves who serve
extended periods on active duty, and for other purposes.
S. 337 – Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), 02/09/2005 – Referred
to the Senate Committee on Armed Services. Amend Title 10,
US Code, to revise the age and service requirements for eligibility
to receive retired pay for non-regular service, to expand
certain authorities to provide health care benefits for Reserves
and their families, and for other purposes.
MGIB & Educational Benefits
H.R. 197 – Rep. David Scott, (D-13-GA), 01/04/2005 –
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Amend
Title 10, US Code, to require a State to charge in-State tuition
rates to active-duty members of the Armed Forces domiciled or
stationed on active duty in that State and to the dependents of
such members.
H.R. 269 – Rep. David Camp, (R-4-MI), 01/06/2005 – Referred
to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Amend Title 38,
US Code, to provide for certain service-members to become eligible
for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill.
H.R. 772 – Rep. Jim Matheson, (D-2-UT), 02/10/2005 –
Referred to House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Provide entitlement
to education assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill
for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate more than
2 years of active duty service in any five-year period.
H.R. 2248 – Rep. Lane Evans, (D-17-IL), 05/11/2005 –
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. Amend Title
38, US Code, to improve benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill
by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program, by
increasing the amount of basic educational assistance, repealing
the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program,
eliminating the time limitation for use of benefits under
the program, expanding the opportunities to transfer educational
assistance benefits to dependents and for other purposes.
S. 615 – Sen. Mark Dayton, (D-MN), 03/14/2005 – Referred to
Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. Amend Title 38, US
Code, to improve benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill by
establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by
repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation
in the program.
S. 1162 – Sen. Maria Cantwell, (D-WA), 06/06/2005 – Referred
to Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. Amend Titles 10 and
38, US Code, to repeal the 10-year limits on the use of
Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance benefits.
Increase in Military Death Benefits
H.R. 292 – Rep. Spencer Bachus, (R-6-AL), 01/20/2005 –
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Amend
Title 10, US Code to increase the amount of the military death
gratuity from $12,000 to $100,000.
H.R. 377 – Rep. Terry Everett, (R-2-AL), 01/26/2005 –
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Amend
Titles 10 and 38, US Code, to improve death benefits for the
families of deceased members of the Armed Forces, and other
purposes.
H.R. 447 – Rep. Marsha Blackburn, (R-7-TN), 02/01/2005 –
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Amend
Title 10, US Code, to increase the amount of the military death
gratuity to $100,000.
H.R. 502 – Rep. Christopher Smith, (R-4-NJ), 02/01/2005 –
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Increase
the amounts payable under the DoD death gratuity program and
the Servicemember’s Group Life Insurance program.
H.R. 832 – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-35-CA), 02/15/2005 –
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. To amend
Title 10, US Code, to increase to $100,000 the amount payable
under the Department of Defense death gratuity program and to
amend Title 38, US Code, to increase to $400,000 the maximum
coverage under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance program.
S. 42 – Sen. George Allen, (R-VA), 01/24/2005 – Referred to the
Senate Committee on Armed Services. Amend Title 10, US
Code, to increase the death gratuity payable with respect to
deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
S. 44 – Sen. Chuck Hagel, (R-NE), 01/24/2005 – Referred to the
Senate Committee on Armed Services. Amend Title 10, US
Code, to increase the amount of the military death gratuity from
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2005