S. 2060: Fair Military Leave Act
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S. 2060: Fair Military Leave Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-02-01 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-02-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Fair Military Leave Act
Plain summary
Fair Military Leave Act - Directs the Secretary concerned to make a payment to each member of the Armed Forces who was eligible to participate in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program, but did not participate for one or more days due to government error. Makes such payment: (1) $200 for each day of non-participation, and (2) in lieu of any authorized administrative absence for such day(s).
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Official text
Fair Military Leave Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · 7 cosponsors
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Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John Boozman (R-AR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s2060.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s2060 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112