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HR 51 107th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Labor and Employment Military pensions Retired military personnel Veterans' benefits

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that persons retiring from the Armed Forces shall be entitled to all benefits which were promised them when they entered the Armed Forces.

Introduced: January 3, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 3, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 3, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to ensure that any person becoming a member of the armed forces is provided a written statement of retirement benefits, excluding any reservation of the right to change any such benefit. Requires any such person who retires from the armed forces to receive the benefits as described.
What's happening now March 15, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 3
R
Issa, Darrell
California · Mar 21, 2001
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 7, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 7, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 27, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 27, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 51: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that persons retiring from the Armed Forces shall be entitled to all benefits which were promised them when they entered the Armed Forces.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-51/
MLA
"H.R. 51: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that persons retiring from the Armed Forces shall be entitled to all benefits which were promised them when they entered the Armed Forces.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-51/.
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H.R. 51, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-51/.
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[H.R. 51: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that persons retiring from the Armed Forces shall be entitled to all benefits which were promised them when they entered the Armed Forces.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-51/)
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