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H.R. 3255: Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act

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H.R. 3255: Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act

Plain summary

PROTECT Act or Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the military department concerned from presuming deceased a military retiree missing in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after October 7, 2001, until the earlier of 11 years after the person was declared missing or the date the death is confirmed and a death certificate is delivered to the next of kin. Requires monthly retired pay to be resumed and any retired pay that may have been due following the declaration of the presumption of death to be retroactively paid to the family of the retiree.

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Official text

Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3255 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112