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HR 4413 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Military law Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents

No Back Pay for Bergdahl Act

Introduced: November 28, 2017 See on congress.gov
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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
Dec 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Nov 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Back Pay for Bergdahl Act

This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to deny payments or benefits to any person found guilty of desertion or attempted desertion for any period during which the person is treated as being in a missing or captive status after the date the person was first determined to be absent without authority.

The Department of Defense shall use payments or benefits denied to a deserter under this bill to provide compensation to members of the Armed Forces who were wounded or injured while searching for the deserter and to representatives of members killed while searching for the deserter.

What's happening now December 7, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4437 Related bill To amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the payment of back pay and allowances to certain members of …
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Republican 6
Brat, Dave
· Feb 20, 2018
JOHNSON, SAM
· Feb 6, 2018
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Jan 18, 2018
 R
Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Jan 16, 2018
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Dec 13, 2017
Conaway, K.
· Dec 13, 2017
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Nov 30, 2017
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Nov 28, 2017
Hunter, Duncan
· Nov 28, 2017
Zeldin, Lee
· Nov 28, 2017
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Nov 16, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4413: No Back Pay for Bergdahl Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4413/
MLA
"H.R. 4413: No Back Pay for Bergdahl Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4413/.
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H.R. 4413, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4413/.
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