3.0.0 1106 2019-02-20T23:08:57Z 2019-02-23T21:34:59Z Senate S S 2011-05-26 112 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-26T19:44:39Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 112 1867 S 2011-12-01 See also H.R. 1540. Related bill CRS 2011-05-26 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3439) IntroReferral 2011-05-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3438-3439) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2011-05-26 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2011-06-14 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2011-10-20 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-10-31 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2011-11-01 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-11-02 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-11-08 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-11-15 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-11-15 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-11-16 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2012-01-30 False Armed Forces and National Security Lawyers and legal services Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-14T19:39:41Z Justice for Troops Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide support to public or private programs designed to connect attorneys who provide pro bono legal assistance with members of the Armed Forces who are in need of such assistance. Limits the total amount of financial support in any fiscal year to $500,000.

Directs such financial support to be derived from amounts authorized to be appropriated for DOD operation and maintenance.

]]> Justice for Troops Act Short Titles as Introduced Justice for Troops Act Display Title Justice for Troops Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize Department of Defense support for programs on pro bono legal assistance for members of the Armed Forces. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1106is/xml/BILLS-112s1106is.xml 2011-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3439) 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.