US Congress House Bill 3111 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 202-24)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-11-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the military department concerned to award the Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces (members) who were killed or wounded in the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, on November 5, 2009; and (2) the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to award the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom to civilian employees and contractors of DOD who were killed or wounded in such attack. Deems, for purposes of all applicable federal benefit laws, regulations, and policies: (1) such members to have been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an enemy act; and (2) such employees to have been killed or wounded by hostile action while serving with the Armed Forces in a contingency operation and to have been killed or wounded in a terrorist attack. Excludes any member whose death or wound was the result of willful misconduct. Applies such provisions to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other psychological injuries that were a a result of such attack.

Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act

Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]
Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]
Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Trey Radel [R-FL]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]	Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]
Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]
Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-11-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-09-18	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5629)
2013-09-17	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2013-09-17	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2013-09-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB1500 (Same As) 2013-09-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6448)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3111/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3111/BILLS-113hr3111ih.pdf