Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

110th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

July 23, 2008

Action

Mr. Kind (for himself, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Costa, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. McCarthy of California, and Mr. Wilson of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Ways and Means, 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

Bill Number

H.R. 6580

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Hubbard Act

Full Title

To ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense 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, because of hazards 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, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Ron Kind(WI)

Cosponsors

Devin Nunes (CA); Jim Costa (CA); Jerry McNerney (CA); George Radanovich (CA); Dennis A. Cardoza (CA); Kevin McCarthy (CA); Charles A. Wilson (OH)

Committees

Committee on Armed Services (Standing), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Standing), Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

United States Code References

5 U.S.C. 2108 and 8521
10 U.S.C. 1145, 1146 and 1174
37 U.S.C. 303a(e)
38 U.S.C. 3702(a)(2)