Coming Together for Guard and Reserve Families Act

To provide support and assistance for families of members of the National Guard and Reserve who are undergoing deployment, and for other purposes.

3/15/2007--Introduced.
Coming Together for Guard and Reserve Families Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enhance and improve Department of Defense (DOD) programs to provide family support for families of members of the National Guard and Reserve undergoing deployment (members). Requires such support to include post-deployment assistance for spouses and parents of returning members. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) conduct a pilot program of family-to-family support for families of such members; and
(2) contract for support services for children, infants, and toddlers of such members. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly expand and enhance access to mental health services for families of members who are disabled during military service. Requires a report from the Comptroller General to Congress on barriers to access to mental health services through TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program), including the number of providers under TRICARE that are located more than 40 miles from a military installation.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
• and 15 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
  • Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
  • Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
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Committees

• House Veterans' Affairs
• 2 more
  • House Armed Services
  • House Armed Services
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1541

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 15, 2007

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• Apr 03, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
• Mar 15, 2007: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
• Mar 15, 2007: Referred to House Armed Services
• Mar 15, 2007: 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.
• Introduced on Mar 15, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.902

Related Issue Areas:

• Defense policy
• Access to health care
• Ambulatory care
• Armed forces
• 38 more
• Armed forces abroad
• Armed forces reserves
• Child care workers
• Child health
• Child psychology
• Child welfare
• Children
• Clinics
• Community health services
• Congressional investigations
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Counseling
• Defense contracts
• Defense economics
• Disabled
• Families
• Family services
• Health policy
• Infants
• Iraq compilation
• Job training
• Marriage counseling
• Married people
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Mental health services
• Military dependents
• Military medicine
• National Guard
• Parents
• Public contracts
• Social services
• Stress (Psychology)
• Telecommunication
• Telemedicine
• Veterans
• Veterans' hospitals
• Veterans' medical care

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March 16, 2007 US Rep. Boswell: Boswell To Join Harkin And Braley For Press ...

... press conference on Sunday, March 18 at 3 pm in Des Moines to discuss the need to pass the Coming Together for Guard and Reserve Families Act, HR 1541. ...

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January 30, 2008 a voice in the wilderness

the president is now urging the senate to climb on board the bandwagon and enact hr 1541 asap. i find it interesting that among virginia’s eleven house members three, all republicans, voted against the bill. according to today's story ...

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May 18, 2007 Progressive Democrat Issue 122: IOWA FOCUS: News Updates

Similar provisions were originally included in HR 1541, the Coming Together for Guard and Reserve Families Act, a bill Braley and Sen. Tom Harkin introduced in March. “The passage of this amendment is a critical first step in providing ...

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March 17, 2007 WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1541, The Coming Together for Guard and ...

US Congress: HR 1541, The Coming Together for Guard and Reserve Families Act.

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