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HR 1824 · in committee · significant

Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act

What this bill does

  • This bill provides disability pay and medical care to National Guard members injured during state active duty.
  • It affects National Guard members disabled after September 23, 1996 while serving under state governors.
  • The bill expands DOD retirement pay eligibility and VA healthcare access, with pay reduced to avoid duplicating other benefits.

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  1. 01

    How should the federal government balance providing disability support to state-activated National Guard members while preventing them from receiving duplicate payments from multiple benefit programs?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that current disability benefits for National Guard members injured during state duty create gaps in medical care or financial support?

  3. 03

    Which groups of disabled service members would be newly eligible for federal benefits under this expansion, and how might this affect overall DOD and VA costs?

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Sponsor · R-OK-5

Stephanie I. Bice

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Introduced 2025-03-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-27 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  2. 2025-03-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

  3. 2025-03-04 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

  4. 2025-03-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-03-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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