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Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act

Introduced: February 14, 2020 Introduced by: Cline, Ben Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Jan 29, 2020
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Jan 29, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act

This bill prohibits the Department of State from denying a request from the U.S. Marshals Service for danger pay. (Danger pay is a form of additional compensation for federal employees who are working in a foreign area and who are under threat of physical harm or imminent danger as a result of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions.)

What's happening now January 29, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Burchett, Tim
Tennessee · Feb 25, 2020
Yoho, Ted
· Feb 18, 2020
Demings, Val
· Feb 14, 2020
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Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Feb 14, 2020
Armstrong, Kelly
· Feb 6, 2020
Collins, Doug
· Jan 29, 2020
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Correa, J. Luis
California · Jan 29, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5706: Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5706/
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"H.R. 5706: Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5706/.
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H.R. 5706, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5706/.
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