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HR 6557 118th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a study on certain grace periods under the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.

Introduced: December 1, 2023 Introduced by: Neguse, Joe Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness of the Department of Defense to study and report on reforms to grace periods under the Transition Assistance Program (TAP). Among other elements, the study must include an assessment of grace periods that allow for unplanned periods of leave, temporary duty, deployments, or other periods when a member of the Armed Forces is unavailable to participate in TAP.

What's happening now December 1, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6557: To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a study on certain grace periods under the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6557/
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"H.R. 6557: To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a study on certain grace periods under the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6557/.
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H.R. 6557, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6557/.
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[H.R. 6557: To direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a study on certain grace periods under the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6557/)
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