HR 4088 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Crime victims Department of Defense Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Income tax exclusion Life, casualty, property insurance Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Terrorism Texas Transfer and inheritance taxes Violent crime

Fort Hood Families Benefits Protection Act

Introduced: November 17, 2009 Introduced by: Carter, John R. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 8, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Nov 20, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Nov 17, 2009

Referred to House Veterans' Affairs

Nov 17, 2009

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

Nov 17, 2009

Referred to House Ways and Means

Nov 17, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Nov 17, 2009

Referred to House Armed Services

Nov 17, 2009

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fort Hood Families Benefits Protection Act - Treats members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) who were killed or wounded in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, as members killed or wounded in a combat zone or civilian employees killed or wounded in a terrorist attack or while serving in a contingency operation, respectively, for purposes of specified laws, regulations, and policies concerning compensation, awards, and other benefits for which such members and employees are eligible.

Provides the maximum amount of coverage ($400,000) under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for any member killed in such shootings, as well as any member who dies of wounds sustained in the shootings, notwithstanding that the member elected to be insured in a lesser amount.

Excludes from the above provisions members whose wounds or death is the result of willful misconduct.

What's happening now December 8, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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