Hubbard Act

A bill to amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, and for other purposes.

4/16/2008--Introduced.
Hubbard Act - Amends federal employment, armed forces, military pay, and veterans' benefits law to authorize the provision of the following benefits to a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged at the member's request pursuant to a Department of Defense (DOD) policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled:
(1) continued payment, through the original agreed-upon service period, of any bonus, incentive, or similar benefit to which the member was entitled during service;
(2) separation pay, even though the member has completed less than six years of active service before discharge;
(3) transitional health care, on the same basis as an active-duty member, for 180 days after discharge;
(4) transitional commissary and exchange benefits, on the same basis as an active-duty member, for two years after discharge;
(5) veterans' housing loan, employment and training, and basic educational assistance;
(6) federal unemployment compensation; and
(7) veteran's preference for federal employment purposes. Makes this Act effective with respect to any such discharge granted after September 11, 2001.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
• and 21 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Larry Craig
  • Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
  • Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
  • Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
  • Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
  • Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Gordon Smith
  • Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
  • Ted Stevens
  • John Sununu
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Armed Services

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2874

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April 16, 2008

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• Introduced on Apr 16, 2008.
• Apr 16, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.5825
• H.R.6580

Related Issue Areas:

• Defense policy
• Armed forces
• Armed forces reserves
• Families
• 21 more
• Finance
• Housing
• Iraq compilation
• Labor
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Military dependents
• Military discharges
• Military medicine
• Military pay
• Mortgages
• Post exchanges
• Severance pay
• Unemployment insurance
• Veterans
• Veterans' benefits
• Veterans' employment
• Veterans' loans
• Disabled
• Missing in action
• War casualties

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May 01, 2008 SOLE SURVIVOR UPDATE - May 1 2008

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