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HR 4247 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act

Introduced: June 30, 2021 Introduced by: Bice, Stephanie I. Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 7, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 7, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 30, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Jun 30, 2021
Introduced in House
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Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act

This bill provides disability pay and medical care for members of the National Guard who were physically disabled as a result of state active duty. State active duty includes training or other duty in service to the governor of a state for which the member is not entitled to federal pay, but excludes required drills and field exercises.

The bill expands eligibility for Department of Defense retired pay to such members who are physically disabled as a result of state active duty after September 23, 1996. Such pay must be reduced if it is determined to duplicate any other federal or state benefit to such members based on disability.

The bill also makes such members eligible for hospital care and medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat the disability and any illness or condition arising from the disability. The VA may provide reimbursement for hospital care or medical services provided to such members only after a member or the provider of care has exhausted (without success) all claims and remedies reasonably available against a third party.

What's happening now September 7, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 3
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Jan 6, 2022
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Jan 6, 2022
Spanberger, Abigail
· Dec 13, 2021
Bustos, Cheri
· Jul 19, 2021
RYAN, TIM
· Jul 16, 2021
 R
Cammack, Kat
Florida · Jun 30, 2021
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Jun 30, 2021
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Jun 30, 2021
Palazzo, Steven
· Jun 30, 2021
 R
Pfluger, August
Texas · Jun 30, 2021
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Jun 30, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4247: Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4247/
MLA
"H.R. 4247: Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4247/.
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H.R. 4247, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4247/.
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