3.0.0 5832 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z House H HR 2014-12-10 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:H.R. 5832.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the UnitedStates Constitution which gives Congress the power ``to makeRules for the Government and Regulation of the land and navalForces.''[Page H9045]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-12-10T15:03:00Z 2014-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2014-12-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8934) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] Glenn Thompson R PA 5 N W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 2014-12-10 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 13 2014-12-10 True S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2014-12-10 True C001096 Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] Kevin Cramer R ND 0 2014-12-10 True R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2014-12-10 True M001179 Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] Tom Marino R PA 10 2014-12-10 True A000369 Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] Mark Amodei R NV E. 2 2014-12-10 True B001269 Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] Lou Barletta R PA 11 2014-12-10 True K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] Mike Kelly R PA 3 2014-12-10 True F000451 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] Michael Fitzpatrick R PA G. 8 2014-12-10 True W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2014-12-10 True P000605 Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] Scott Perry R PA 4 2014-12-10 True N000185 Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] Richard Nugent R FL B. 11 2014-12-11 False W000814 Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] Randy Weber R TX K. 14 2014-12-11 False W000813 Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] Jackie Walorski R IN 2 2014-12-11 False Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-12-10 Introduced in House 2015-01-06T18:37:08Z Proudly Restoring Officers of Prior Enlistment Retirement Act or the PROPER Act - Reduces to four the number of years that previously enlisted commissioned officers who have performed a certain minimum number of years of military service to become eligible for retirement must have actively served in the rank of commissioned officer in order to retire in the officer rank instead of in their previous enlisted rank. (Currently, a requirement for 10 years of active service as a commissioned officer has been reduced temporarily to 8 years.)

Makes the reduction to four years applicable during the period from January 1, 2014, to September 30, 2016.

]]> PROPER Act Display Title PROPER Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the enhanced selective discharge authority currently available to the Secretary of a military department to permit a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces who was appointed from the enlisted ranks and has at least 20 years of service, at least four years of which has been commissioned service, to retire in the officer's commissioned rank. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced PROPER Act Short Titles as Introduced Proudly Restoring Officers of Prior Enlistment Retirement Act Introduced in House 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5832ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5832ih.xml 2014-12-10 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.