HR 39 · in committee · significant
Original Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2025
- veterans
What this bill does
- The VA must pay $25,000 to merchant marines who served in World War II.
- Eligible applicants are WWII merchant mariners who have not received GI Bill benefits.
- Payments require individual applications and verification of qualified service during the war.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the VA verify which merchant mariners qualify, given that service records from the 1940s may be incomplete or difficult to locate?
- 02
What arguments support providing $25,000 specifically to merchant mariners who missed GI Bill benefits, and are there fairness concerns about other excluded veteran groups?
- 03
How many WWII merchant mariners remain eligible and alive to apply, and what would be the total federal cost of this program?
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Sponsor · D-TX-9
Al Green
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Introduced 2025-12-19
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Legislative timeline
2025-12-19 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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