US Congress Senate Bill 535 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-18-2)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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 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 requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.

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. Christopher Bond [R-MO]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Sam Brownback [R-KS]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Robert Byrd [D-WV]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]	Sen. Byron Dorgan [D-ND]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE]	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. George LeMieux [R-FL]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR]	Sen. Mel Martinez [R-FL]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]
Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]	Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]
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
2009-03-05		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

HB775 (Related) 2010-03-15 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Jones. Petition No: 111-10. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/535/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s535/BILLS-111s535is.pdf