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A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the rates of hostile fire and imminent danger special pay and family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services as…

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A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the rates of hostile fire and imminent danger special pay and family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services as increased by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003.

Introduced: September 15, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Sep 15, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11481)
Sep 15, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11480)
Sep 15, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes permanent the $150 to $225 increase in imminent danger special pay and the $100 to $250 increase in the family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services (currently, both terminate at the end of FY 2003).

What's happening now September 15, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11481)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 15, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1615: A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the rates of hostile fire and imminent danger special pay and family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services as increased by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1615/
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"S. 1615: A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the rates of hostile fire and imminent danger special pay and family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services as increased by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1615/.
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S. 1615, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1615/.
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[S. 1615: A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to make permanent the rates of hostile fire and imminent danger special pay and family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services as increased by the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1615/)
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