US Congress Senate Bill 260 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-13-2)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 would be entitled to such pay, except for being under 60 years of age. Prohibits recoupment by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) 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.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]
Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

HB178 (Related) 2011-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB1979 (Related) 2011-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/260/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s260/BILLS-112s260is.pdf