Bill Title: To amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the payment of back pay and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces who are guilty of desertion and to use the amount of any such unpaid pay and allowances to provide additional compensation to other members of the Armed Forces who were killed or wounded during missions to search for the missing members.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. [HB4437 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Representative Garret Graves [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Timothy Walz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ralph Abraham [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Brian Babin [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-36	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eric Crawford [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AR-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Adam Kinzinger [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-16	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jason Smith [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Vicky Hartzler [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Martha McSally [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AZ	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ralph Norman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-SC-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike Bost [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steven Palazzo [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MS-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Francis Rooney [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-19	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Susan Brooks [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IN-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lou Barletta [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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