US Congress House Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-6)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-19 - 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 2017 This bill establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund from which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 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. Such individuals must: (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. The VA shall include, in annual budget documents submitted to Congress, detailed information on the Fund's operation.

Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2017-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-01-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/154/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr154/BILLS-115hr154ih.pdf