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HRES 1177 110th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Asia Congressional oversight Iraq Middle East Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the practice of the Department of Defense to continue to use stop-loss orders to retain members of the Armed Forces who have completed their contractual obligations runs contrary to the stated policy of the United States to utilize an all-volunteer force.

Introduced: May 6, 2008 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 23, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 6, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
May 6, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the Secretary of Defense should immediately: (1) submit to Congress a plan to minimize the use of stop-loss orders that prevent Armed Forces members who have completed their contractual obligations from voluntarily separating from the Armed Forces; and (2) implement a new stop-loss policy to ensure that no member of the Armed Forces who has completed a tour of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan is subject to a stop-loss order.

What's happening now May 23, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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