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Command Accountability for Military Family Readiness Act

Introduced: May 21, 2020 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 21, 2020
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Command Accountability for Military Family Readiness Act

This bill requires each military department to prioritize military readiness.

Specifically, each department must

  • designate the command personnel who shall undergo a climate assessment that takes into account their support of military family readiness;
  • provide training, guidance, and other information to ensure that such command personnel are equipped to encourage and support military family readiness within their unit or installation;
  • ensure that each assessment includes the extent to which the command personnel encourage and support military family readiness; and
  • ensure that each assessment includes surveys of the spouses of service members on matters that are relevant to military spouses, military families, and military family readiness.
What's happening now May 21, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 21, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3800: Command Accountability for Military Family Readiness Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3800/
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"S. 3800: Command Accountability for Military Family Readiness Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3800/.
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S. 3800, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3800/.
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