3.0.0 5210 2023-01-14T22:48:42Z 2023-01-14T22:48:42Z House H HR 2004-10-05 108 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-10-05T13:00:54Z 2004-10-05 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2004-10-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 N M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2004-10-08 False L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 9 2004-10-08 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] TIM RYAN D OH 17 2004-10-08 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2004-10-08 False W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2004-11-17 False K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] PETER KING R NY T. 3 2004-11-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Armed forces abroad Families Iraq Iraq compilation Middle East and North Africa Military dependents Military pay Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Telecommunication rates Telephone Armed Forces and National Security 00 2004-10-05 Introduced in House 2004-11-05T17:02:38Z Troops Phone Home Free Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide, wherever practicable, prepaid phone cards, or an equivalent telecommunications benefit which includes access to telephone service, to members of the Armed Forces deployed outside the United States who are directly supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom to enable such members to make telephone calls to family and friends in the United States without cost to the member. Limits the value of such benefit to not more than $40 per month per person.

Terminates such benefit on the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary determines that both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have ended.

]]> Troops Phone Home Free Act of 2004 Display Title Troops Phone Home Free Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To provide a monthly allotment of free telephone calling time to members of the United States Armed Forces deployed outside of the United States who are directly supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Troops Phone Home Free Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr5210ih/xml/BILLS-108hr5210ih.xml 2004-10-05 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.