US Congress House Bill 4534 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 45-10)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

POSTURE Act Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land force, the planned drawdown of land forces should be stopped. The bill sets forth: FY2016 Army, Marine Corps, and Selected Reserve strength levels; and Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. Any proposal to lower the end strength levels established by this Act must first be approved by Congress through enactment of a law to that effect.

POSTURE Act Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016

Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]
Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2016-02-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2016-02-11	House	Introduced in House

SB2563 (Related) 2016-02-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4534/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4534/BILLS-114hr4534ih.pdf