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HR 4043 111th Congress House

Military Spouse Pin Act

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are serving in combat or have served in combat through the presentation of an official lapel button.

Introduced: January 13, 2010 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependentsVeterans' organizations and recognition
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Nov 6, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 18, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Spouse Pin Act - Requires the design of a spouse-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button to identify and recognize the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is serving in a combat zone for a period of more than 30 days.

Directs the: (1) Secretary of the military department concerned to present the button to such a spouse; and (2) Secretary of Defense (DOD) to make the button available to qualifying spouses of veterans of military conflicts that took place before the enactment of this Act.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5233 Related bill To amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the contributions made by the spouses of members of the Armed Force…
  • HR 5333 Related bill Children of Military Service Members Commemorative Lapel Pin Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 2, 2010
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 2, 2010
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jan 13, 2010
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 13, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4043: Military Spouse Pin Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4043/
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"H.R. 4043: Military Spouse Pin Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4043/.
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H.R. 4043, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4043/.
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