HR 5832 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation

PROPER Act

Introduced: December 10, 2014 Introduced by: Thompson, Glenn Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov

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Dec 10, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Dec 10, 2014

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8934)

Dec 10, 2014

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Proudly Restoring Officers of Prior Enlistment Retirement Act or the PROPER Act - Reduces to four the number of years that previously enlisted commissioned officers who have performed a certain minimum number of years of military service to become eligible for retirement must have actively served in the rank of commissioned officer in order to retire in the officer rank instead of in their previous enlisted rank. (Currently, a requirement for 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer has been reduced temporarily to 8 years.)

Makes the reduction to four years applicable during the period from January 1, 2014, to September 30, 2016.

What's happening now December 10, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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