H.R.5831 - Separating Servicemember Handbook Development Act

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide injured members of the Armed Forces information concerning benefits. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Separating Servicemember Handbook Development Act as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide injured members of the Armed Forces information concerning benefits. as introduced.

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4/17/2008--Introduced.Separating Servicemember Handbook Development Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to direct the Secretary of Defense to develop and maintain, in a handbook and on a publically-available Internet website, a comprehensive description

Official Summary

4/17/2008--Introduced.
Separating Servicemember Handbook Development Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to direct the Secretary of Defense to develop and maintain, in a handbook and on a publically-available Internet website, a comprehensive description of the compensation and other benefits to which an Armed Forces member, and the family of the member, would be entitled on separation or retirement resulting from a serious injury or illness. Requires that the handbook be provided to each member as soon as practicable following an injury or illness for which the member may retire or separate.


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06/30/08
bills in congress that scare me

a new bill was introduced april 17, 2008: hr 5831 “separating servicemembers handbook development act.” the bills proposal is to provide “information on available compensation and benefits- not later than october 1, 2008, the secretary ...

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06/22/08
Did Bank Of America Write Its Own Bailout? | Sweetness & Light

The date of the document is one month earlier than the date HR 5831 was introduced. If the document, stamped “confidential and proprietary” is valid, it points to a Bank of America source as the author of the House version of this bill… ...

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06/20/08
senate to debate senator dod's bank of america bail out bill

current news on hr 5831 documents how the congressional payola system is flourishing and how its operation exasperates the credit and housing crisis so as to privatize profits and socialize losses to the taxpayers. ...

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