US Congress House Bill 32 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act - 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 who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age. Prohibits requiring repayment 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.

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	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. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
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. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]
Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	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. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

SB734 (Related) 2013-04-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/32/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr32/BILLS-113hr32ih.pdf