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H.R. 3863 112th Congress House

Fair Military Leave Act

Official title: To provide for the payment of a benefit to members eligible for participation in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for days of nonparticipation due to Government error.

Introduced: April 26, 2012 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remediesEmployee leaveMilitary personnel and dependentsPersonnel recordsWages and earnings
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 23, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 1, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 1, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 23, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Military Leave Act - Directs the Secretary concerned to make a payment to each member of the Armed Forces who was eligible to participate in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program, but did not participate for one or more days due to government error.

Makes such payment: (1) $200 for each day of non-participation, and (2) in lieu of any authorized administrative absence for such day(s).

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2060 Identical bill Fair Military Leave Act
  • HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
  • S 3254 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 1
R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · May 8, 2012
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 26, 2012
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 6, 2012
SENSENBRENNER, F.
· Feb 29, 2012
Ryan, Paul
· Feb 15, 2012
Duffy, Sean
· Feb 8, 2012
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 8, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3863: Fair Military Leave Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3863/
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"H.R. 3863: Fair Military Leave Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3863/.
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H.R. 3863, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3863/.
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