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Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.

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7/30/2007--Passed House amended. (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 27, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner ... morehide bill summarySee Full Bill Text

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 04, 2007		July 30, 2007

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Sep 05, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 30, 2007: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Passed by voice vote in the House on Jul 30, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2007 H8884)
Passed by voice vote in the House on Jul 30, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 30, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 23.
Jul 30, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8884-8887)
Jul 30, 2007: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 30, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
Added to calendar on Jul 27, 2007: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171..
Jul 27, 2007: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Jul 27, 2007: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 110-269, Part I.
Added to calendar on Jul 17, 2007: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
Jul 17, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 18, 2007: Committee Hearings Held.
Mar 28, 2007: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
Mar 03, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jan 04, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced on Jan 04, 2007.

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