US Congress House Bill 563 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 66-19)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2015 Establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund from which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is to make one payment of $25,000 to each individual who, between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, was a documented member of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was operated in U.S. waters by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation and under contract to, or the property of, the United States. Requires such individuals to: (1) apply for such benefit within one year after the enactment of this Act, and (2) not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. Requires the Secretary to include, in annual budget documents submitted to Congress, detailed information on the Fund's operation.

Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2015

Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2015-01-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-01-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H588, E126)
2015-01-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/563/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr563/BILLS-114hr563ih.pdf