S. 2564: Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act
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S. 2564: Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-26 · 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 2019-09-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 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
Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act
Plain summary
Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide the death gratuity and casualty assistance to the survivors of a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps who died before receiving a first duty assignment. The bail provides for the servicemember's group life insurance to any graduate of a reserve officers' training corps who has not received a first duty assignment to automatically insure the person against death.
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Official text
Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 1 cosponsors
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Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Bail
- Money or conditions a court sets so a person charged with a crime can leave jail while waiting for trial, to make sure they come back to court.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s2564.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s2564 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116