Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Women soldiers

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1241 Resolution congratulating Ensign DeCarol Davis upon her serving as the valedictorian of the Coast Guard Academy's class of 2008 and becoming the first African American to earn this honor, and encouraging the Coast Guard Academy to seek and enroll diverse candidates in the cadet corps.

2008-06-04T00:00:00Z

Resolution congratulating Ensign DeCarol Davis upon her serving as the valedictorian of the Coast Guard Academy's class of 2008 and becoming the first African American to earn this honor, and encouraging the Coast Guard Academy to seek and enroll diverse candidates in the cadet corps.

Bill Introduced: S.2799 Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008

2008-04-02T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.1054 Honoring the service and achievements of women in the Armed Forces and female veterans.

2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

Honoring the service and achievements of women in the Armed Forces and female veterans.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.726 Calling on the President of the United States and the international community to take immediate steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic.

2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

Calling on the President of the United States and the international community to take immediate steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3620 Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight Act

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

To provide for a comprehensive national research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and their families.

Bill Introduced: S.1800 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3028 Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

To end the use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1606 Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act

2007-06-13T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for the establishment of a comprehensive policy on the care and management of wounded warriors in order to facilitate and enhance their care, rehabilitation, physical evaluation, transition from care by the Department of Defense to care by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and transition from military service to civilian life, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2612 Mental Health Care for Our Wounded Warriors Act

2007-06-07T00:00:00Z

To improve mental health care for wounded members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.434 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946.

2007-05-23T00:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2394 To study the needs of Wounded Women Warriors.

2007-05-17T00:00:00Z

To study the needs of Wounded Women Warriors.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2189 Sgt. Jonathan Schulze Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2007

2007-05-07T00:00:00Z

To require pre- and post-deployment mental health screenings for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1271 Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight (HERO) Act

2007-05-02T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for a comprehensive national research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and their families.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2064 Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act

2007-04-26T00:00:00Z

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities.

Bill Introduced: S.1196 Mental Health Care for Our Wounded Warriors Act

2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

A bill to improve mental health care for wounded members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.262 Honoring Ellen May Tower who, while an United States Army nurse during the Spanish-American War, became the first Army nurse to die on foreign soil.

2007-03-22T00:00:00Z

Honoring Ellen May Tower who, while an United States Army nurse during the Spanish-American War, became the first Army nurse to die on foreign soil.

Bill Introduced: S.882 A bill to require a pilot program on the facilitation of the transition of members of the Armed Forces to receipt of veterans health care benefits upon completion of military service, and for other purposes.

2007-03-14T00:00:00Z

A bill to require a pilot program on the facilitation of the transition of members of the Armed Forces to receipt of veterans health care benefits upon completion of military service, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.393 Draft Reinstatement bill

2007-01-10T00:00:00Z

To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the favorable treatment afforded combat pay under the earned income tax credit, and for other purposes.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.5122 Authorization bill FY2007, Defense Department

2006-10-17T00:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.

October 17, 2006: Signed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.5122 Authorization bill FY2007, Defense Department

2006-10-05T00:00:00Z