US Congress House Bill 178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act - Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age. Prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund. Repeals the optional authority of (and instead requires) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. Directs the Secretary concerned to restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to a surviving child or children of a member.

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Sandy Adams [R-FL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]
Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Rick Berg [R-ND]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Chip Cravaack [R-MN]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]
Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Schilling [R-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Allen West [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-01-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

HB1979 (Related) 2011-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
SB260 (Related) 2011-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/178/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr178/BILLS-112hr178ih.pdf