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HR 4177 112th Congress House

Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide equity between regular and reserve component members of the Armed Forces in the computation of disability retired pay for members wounded in action.

Introduced: March 8, 2012 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Disability assistanceNational Guard and reservesVeterans' pensions and compensation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 8, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 8, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 23, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012 - Requires that, in the case of a member of the reserves who is retired or placed on the temporary disability retired list because of an incurred disability for which the member is awarded the Purple Heart, the member shall be credited with the number of years of service that would be counted under the computation of years of service for retired pay for non-regular service.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4177: Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4177/
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"H.R. 4177: Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4177/.
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H.R. 4177, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4177/.
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