Hubbard Act

Bill: 110-hr-5825
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2008-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Disabled
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Housing and Community Development
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military discharges
Military medicine
Military pay
Missing in action
Mortgages
Post exchanges
Severance pay
Unemployment insurance
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment
Veterans' loans
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: 
Hubbard Act - Amends federal employment, armed forces, military pay, and veterans' benefits law to authorize the provision of the following benefits to a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged at the member's request pursuant to a Department of Defense (DOD) policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled: (1) continued payment, through the original agreed-upon service period, of any bonus, incentive, or similar benefit to which the member was entitled during service; (2) separation pay, even though the member has completed less than six years of active service before discharge; (3) transitional health care, on the same basis as an active-duty member, for 180 days after discharge; (4) transitional commissary and exchange benefits, on the same basis as an active-duty member, for two years after discharge; (5) veterans' housing loan, employment and training, and basic educational assistance; (6) federal unemployment compensation; and (7) veteran's preference for federal employment purposes.
 
Makes this Act effective with respect to any such discharge granted after September 11, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Introduced in House