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S 2430 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Cemeteries and funerals Defense spending Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Housing finance and home ownership Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation

Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act

Introduced: February 14, 2018 Introduced by: Coons, Christopher A. Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Feb 14, 2018
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Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act

This bill provides a permanent appropriation for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits to survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services during a period of lapsed appropriations.

The bill provides the appropriations at the rate and under the conditions provided for the most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appropriations for the uniformed services has been enacted.

The appropriations are provided during a period of lapsed appropriations, in which appropriations are unavailable due to the absence of the timely enactment of an Act or joint resolution providing appropriations or continuing appropriations for the death gratuity and related benefits.

What's happening now February 14, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1928 Identical bill Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 7 Republican 5
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jul 25, 2018
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 14, 2018
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 23, 2018
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 23, 2018
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Apr 10, 2018
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Feb 28, 2018
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2018
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 14, 2018
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Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Feb 14, 2018
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Feb 14, 2018
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Feb 14, 2018
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Feb 14, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2430: Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2430/
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"S. 2430: Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2430/.
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S. 2430, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2430/.
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