Military Legislation Update May 1, 2012

This article lists recently added/updated/signed bills from Congress that deal with the Armed Forces. Not all bills listed in this article are necessarily AFSA supported.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4482 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent home loan guaranty programs for veterans regarding adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent home loan guaranty programs for veterans regarding adjustable rate mortgages and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4485 Credible Military Option to Counter Iran Act
  To further the preparedness of the United States Armed Forces, in cooperation with regional allies, to prevent the Government of Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and for other purposes.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4481 Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that Department of Veterans Affairs employees who violate certain civil laws do not receive bonuses.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4407 Base Redevelopment and Indemnification Correction Act
  To amend the indemnification responsibilities applicable to the Secretary of Defense when Department of Defense property at military installations closed pursuant to a base closure law is conveyed to expand such indemnification responsibilities to include all military installations closed since October 24, 1988.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4401 Revitalizing America’s Commercial Entrepreneurs for Space
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to work with non-Federal entities and accept non-Federal funding under strict implementation guidelines to promote efficiencies of the space transportation infrastructure of the Department of Defense in commercial space activities.

• Bill Introduced: H.Res.625 Honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam.
  Honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces who served in Vietnam.

• Bill Introduced: S.2320 Remembering America’s Forgotten Veterans Cemetery Act of 2012
  A bill to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to provide for the ongoing maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes.

• Bill Introduced: H.Res.624 Expressing support for the designation of the first Saturday in May as National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day and for the designation of "Initial Success or Total Failure" as the official motto of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal organizations in the United States Armed Forces.
  Expressing support for the designation of the first Saturday in May as National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day and for the designation of “Initial Success or Total Failure” as the official motto of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal organizations in the United States Armed Forces.

• Bill Introduced: H.R.4408 To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of Defense installations and to amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs.
  To amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land management related to Department of Defense installations and to amend title 10, United States Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs.