US Congress House Bill 5832 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-10 - Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: House Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proudly Restoring Officers of Prior Enlistment Retirement Act or the PROPER Act - Reduces to four the number of years that previously enlisted commissioned officers who have performed a certain minimum number of years of military service to become eligible for retirement must have actively served in the rank of commissioned officer in order to retire in the officer rank instead of in their previous enlisted rank. (Currently, a requirement for 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer has been reduced temporarily to 8 years.) Makes the reduction to four years applicable during the period from January 1, 2014, to September 30, 2016.

PROPER Act

Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2014-12-10	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8934)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5832/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5832/BILLS-113hr5832ih.pdf