US HB2911 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: Engrossed on September 18 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-09-18 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on September 18 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-09-18 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to periodically review the automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes.
Title
Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2024
Sponsors
| Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA] | Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE] | Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ] | Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA] |
| Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH] | Rep. Deborah Ross [D-NC] | Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI] |
| Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ] | Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA] | Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ] | Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-18 | Senate | Received in the Senate. |
| 2024-09-17 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2024-09-17 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5284) |
| 2024-09-17 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2911. |
| 2024-09-17 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5284-5285) |
| 2024-09-17 | House | Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2024-09-09 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 551. |
| 2024-09-09 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-654. |
| 2024-05-01 | House | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| 2024-05-01 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2024-04-16 | House | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. |
| 2024-04-16 | House | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2024-04-10 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| 2023-05-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. |
| 2023-04-26 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| 2023-04-26 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1299 (Same As) 2023-04-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
