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H.R. 154: Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

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H.R. 154: Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-03 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · 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 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

Plain summary

Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 This bill establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund from which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to make one payment of $25,000 to each individual who, between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, was a documented member of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was operated in U.S. waters by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation and under contract to, or the property of, the United States. Such individuals must: (1) apply for such benefit within one year after the enactment of this Act, and (2) not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. The VA shall include, in annual budget documents submitted to Congress, detailed information on the Fund's operation.

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Official text

Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · 55 cosponsors

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Adam Smith (D-WA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), André Carson (D-IN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mark Takano (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] reported raising $1.7 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-cong115-hr154 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115