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HOUSE 154115th CongressPlaced on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 24.

Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives relating to plans to repeal or replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health-related measures of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Last Action
3/21/2017

Actions

  • 2017-01-19Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  • 2017-01-03Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • 2017-01-03Introduced in House
  • 2017-01-03Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-01-03 (00)

Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

This bill establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund from which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to make one payment of $25,000 to each individual who, between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, was a documented member of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was operated in U.S. waters by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation and under contract to, or the property of, the United States. Such individuals must: (1) apply for such benefit within one year after the enactment of this Act, and (2) not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.

The VA shall include, in annual budget documents submitted to Congress, detailed information on the Fund's operation.

Cosponsors (20)

  • ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
  • Joe Courtney (D-CT)
  • Steve Cohen (D-TN)
  • Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
  • BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
  • Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
  • LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)
  • ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)
  • PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
  • Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
  • Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
  • ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
  • Robert Scott (D-VA)
  • Randy Weber (R-TX)
  • Ted Poe (R-TX)
  • Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
  • Sean Maloney (D-NY)
  • C. A. Ruppersberger (D-MD)
  • Paul Tonko (D-NY)
  • Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)

Subjects

  • Conflicts and wars
  • Government trust funds
  • Marine and inland water transportation
  • Transportation employees
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation
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