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H.R. 6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act

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H.R. 6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-11-17 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-11-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act

Plain summary

National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act This bill requires the Army to review all bonuses, incentive pays, or similar benefits received by members of the Army National Guard between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2010, to determine if such benefits were issued erroneously and to either: (1) waive repayment of such an erroneous payment if the member concerned fully satisfies any period of service otherwise agreed to or imposed upon the member in connection with receipt of the payment; or (2) repay any such erroneous payment and any interest that was repaid by a member before this bill's enactment if the member fully satisfies any such period of service. The Army may require an Army National Guard member to repay any such erroneous payment upon determining that: (1) the member knowingly received the benefit through fraud or misrepresentation in which the member participated, or (2) repayment is otherwise consistent with provisions governing repayment of unearned pay. For any such member granted relief under this bill, the Army shall: (1) notify all consumer credit reporting agencies that any debt subject to the relief was never valid, and (2) provide assistance to the member facing financial hardship as a result of recoupment actions taken in connection with receipt of the payment. A consumer reporting agency notified of the invalidity of such a debt may not, after the date of notice, make any consumer report containing information relating to the debt.

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Official text

National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] · 33 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ami Bera (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Judy Chu (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] reported raising $10.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr6377 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114