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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act [S.871]
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Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act This bill provides appropriations for military pay and allowances during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces. Under the bill, a "funding gap" is any period of time after the beginning of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted. If a funding gap occurs, the bill provides appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security (in the case of the Coast Guard) to continue
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dean Heller
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Appropriations. on 04/06/2017
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Honoring Hometown Heroes Act [HB-1892]
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Honoring Hometown Heroes Act DIVISION A--HONORING HOMETOWN HEROES ACT Honoring Hometown Heroes Act (Sec. 10102) This division authorizes the governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to proclaim that the U.S. flag shall be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder (public safety officer) working in such jurisdiction who dies while serving in the line of duty. DIVISION B--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, TAX RELIEF, AND MEDICAID CHANGES RELATING TO CERTAIN DISASTERS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 115-123. (txt | Pdf) on 02/09/2018
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Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017'. [HB-1793]
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Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017'. This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs or a state approving agency from approving a program of education offered by an educational institution for purposes of an educational assistance program for veterans or members of the Selected Reserve or the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces unless any such institution that administers a priority enrollment system allows an eligible veteran, member, or dependent to enroll in courses at the earliest possible time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/12/2017
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Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017 [S.764]
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Veterans Education Priority Enrollment Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs or a state approving agency from approving a program of education offered by an educational institution for purposes of an educational assistance program for veterans or members of the Selected Reserve or the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces unless any such institution that administers a priority enrollment system allows an eligible veteran, member, or dependent to enroll in courses at the earliest possible time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thom Tillis
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/17/2017