S. 1780: Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act

Plain summary

Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act - Deems as active-duty service, for purposes of benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the service of a person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.

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Official text

Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · 10 cosponsors

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Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s1780.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s1780 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111