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HRES 1229 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Mental health Military personnel and dependents Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide.

Introduced: March 25, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Apr 23, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 25, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 25, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the current policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide only serves to perpetuate the stigma of mental illness that pervades the Armed Forces; and (2) the President, as Commander-in-Chief, should overturn the policy and treat all military families equally.

What's happening now April 23, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6 Republican 4
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 18, 2010
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 22, 2010
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 13, 2010
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 25, 2010
Griffith, Parker
· Mar 25, 2010
Kilroy, Mary Jo
· Mar 25, 2010
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Mar 25, 2010
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Mar 25, 2010
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 25, 2010
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 25, 2010
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Mar 25, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 25, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1229: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1229/
MLA
"H. Res. 1229: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1229/.
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H. Res. 1229, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1229/.
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[H. Res. 1229: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1229/)
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