To authorize the Secretary of Defense to pay an additional amount of assignment special pay to members of the Armed Forces who agree to serve in Afghanistan for up to six years or the duration of the United States mission in that country.

3.0.0 2960 2023-01-11T13:18:47Z 2023-01-11T13:18:47Z House H HR 2009-06-19 111 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2009-08-03T15:36:45Z Referred to 2009-06-19T13:00:44Z 2009-08-03 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2009-06-19 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2009-06-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1506) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 N L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2009-06-19 True Armed Forces and National Security Academic performance and assessments Afghanistan Asia Foreign language and bilingual programs Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security

00 2009-06-19 Introduced in House 2009-09-09T18:59:01Z Authorizes the payment of assignment pay in a total amount of $250,000 to members of the armed forces who agree to serve on active duty in Afghanistan for six years or for the duration of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, whichever occurs first. Provides for an increase in the amount of such pay if such a member scores a 4.0 on the Foreign Service Institute test for the dominant languages of Pashto and Dari.

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To authorize the Secretary of Defense to pay an additional amount of assignment special pay to members of the Armed Forces who agree to serve in Afghanistan for up to six years or the duration of the United States mission in that country. Display Title To authorize the Secretary of Defense to pay an additional amount of assignment special pay to members of the Armed Forces who agree to serve in Afghanistan for up to six years or the duration of the United States mission in that country. Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of Defense to pay an additional amount of assignment special pay to members of the Armed Forces who agree to serve in Afghanistan for up to six years or the duration of the United States mission in that country. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2960ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2960ih.xml 2009-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. 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.