US Congress House Bill 846 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-24 - 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 This bill: (1) repeals certain provisions that 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, (2) prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund, and (3) requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. The Secretary concerned shall restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to the surviving child or children of a member.

Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Scott Taylor [R-VA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]
Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]
Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]
Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]	Sen. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2017-02-03	House	Introduced in House

SB339 (Related) 2017-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/846/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr846/BILLS-115hr846ih.pdf