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HR 738 102th Congress House

Military Family Preservation Act of 1991

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations with respect to the stationing of military personnel who are solely responsible for dependents at l… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations with respect to the stationing of military personnel who are solely responsible for dependents at locations where facilities for dependents are not reasonably available.

Introduced: March 4, 1991 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Day careMilitary dependentsMilitary personnelSingle-parent families
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 3, 1991
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Feb 19, 1991
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 4, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 4, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Jan 30, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 30, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 1991

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Family Preservation Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations which prohibit the stationing of a member of the armed forces who is solely responsible for his or her dependents (or who together with a spouse also in the armed forces is solely responsible for such dependents) at a location at which facilities for dependents of such member are not reasonably available.

Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide assistance to a member and his or her family to develop alternative plans for the care of dependents when such member is to be stationed at a location lacking adequate dependent care facilities.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Apr 10, 1991
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 4, 1991
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 27, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 738: Military Family Preservation Act of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-738/
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"H.R. 738: Military Family Preservation Act of 1991." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-738/.
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H.R. 738, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-738/.
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