H.R. 2585 (111th): PROTECT Act

Introduced:
May 21, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Rep. Paul Broun Jr. [R-GA10]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 3255 (112th) on Oct 25, 2011.

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Status

This bill was introduced on May 21, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced May 21, 2009
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1D) (show)
Committees

House Armed Services

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Full Title

To delay any presumption of death in connection with the kidnapping in Iraq or Afghanistan of a retired member of the Armed Forces to ensure the continued payment of the member's retired pay.

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Last updated May 21, 2009.
3 pages

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5/21/2009--Introduced.
PROTECT Act or Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the military department concerned from presuming deceased a military retiree missing in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after October 7, 2001, until the earlier of seven years after the person was declared missing or the date the death is confirmed and a death certificate is delivered to the next of kin. Requires monthly retired pay to be resumed and any retired pay that may have been due following the declaration of the presumption of death to be retroactively paid to the family of the retiree.

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