Expanding Wounded in Action Notification Act

Bill: 115-hr-5098
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2018-02-26
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Health facilities and institutions

Military facilities and property

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Expanding Wounded in Action Notification Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the notification requirement to Congress of the evacuation from a theater of combat and hospitalization of any member of the Armed Forces. Current law requires such notification only when a seriously wounded service member is transferred to a military hospital within the United States. This bill would expand the requirement to include hospitalizations in any military treatment facility, not just facilities in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5098 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2018 Mr. Swalwell of California (for himself and Ms. Stefanik ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the notification to Congress of the hospitalization of combat-wounded members of the Armed Forces.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Wounded in Action Notification Act . 2. Improvement to the notification to of hospitalization of combat-wounded members of the Armed Forces Section 1074l(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking admitted to a military treatment facility within the United States and inserting admitted to any military treatment facility .