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S 1622 108th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Health Hospital care Military medicine Military operations Military pay Military personnel

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt certain members of the Armed Forces from the requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized.

Introduced: September 16, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Sep 16, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11576)
Sep 16, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11576)
Sep 16, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Exempts from the requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized in a military facility an officer or former officer, or an enlisted member or former enlisted member not entitled to retired or retainer pay or equivalent pay, who is hospitalized in a military facility because of an injury or disease incurred: (1) as a direct result of armed conflict; (2) while engaged in hazardous service; (3) in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war; or (4) through an instrumentality of war.

What's happening now September 16, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11576)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 29, 2003
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 29, 2003
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 17, 2003
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 16, 2003
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 16, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1622: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt certain members of the Armed Forces from the requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1622/
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"S. 1622: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to exempt certain members of the Armed Forces from the requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1622/.
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S. 1622, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1622/.
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