Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act

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93 cosponsors · 82 D, 11 R

89 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act - Appropriates amounts to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) during a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces to allow for the timely payment of death gratuities under specified code provisions addressing death benefits for deceased military personnel.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 8, 2011

Defines "funding gap" as any period during FY2011 for which interim or full-year appropriations (other than as provided by this Act) for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces for that fiscal year have not been enacted.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act

Latest action (Apr 8, 2011): Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 8, 2011

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.