US HB39 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-12-19 - 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]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-12-19 - 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]
Summary
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
Title
Original Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2025
Sponsors
| Rep. Al Green [D-TX] | Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/39/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr39/BILLS-119hr39ih.pdf |
