H.R. 3274: Fallen Heroes and Families Assistance Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-08 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Fallen Heroes and Families Assistance Act

Plain summary

Fallen Heroes and Families Assistance Act - Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 appropriations, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect, for such sums as are necessary to continue programs and activities concerning: payment of death gratuities to certain survivors of deceased military service members, including for the death of members on active duty or inactive duty training, the death of members after discharge or release from duty or training, members and employees dying outside the United States while assigned to intelligence duties, and other eligible survivors; payment of pay and allowances due a member of the Armed Forces and unpaid at the time of the member's death; payment of authorized funeral and burial expenses, including authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services; and continuation of a basic allowance of housing for certain dependents of members dying on active duty.

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Official text

Fallen Heroes and Families Assistance Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2] · 25 cosponsors

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Juan Vargas (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3274.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3274 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113