Friday, June 6, 2008

Hill Watching, June 5, 2008 - Alzheimer's & Stop-Loss Payments

On the Senate side, Menendez introduced a bill to improve Alzheimer's disease research and education. Alzheimer's, much like Cancer, seems to be one of those horrible diseases that touches nearly every family.

By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Ms. MIKULSKI):
S. 3092. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure sufficient resources and increase efforts for research at the National Institutes of Health relating to Alzheimer's disease, to authorize an education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease (with particular emphasis on education and outreach in Hispanic populations), and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Source: GPO [S5204]

On the House side, here is a bill to ensure our soldiers given a stop-loss order are being financially compensated. We must take care of those who are sacrificing so much for our country:

By Ms. SUTTON (for herself, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. HARE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. YARMUTH):

H.R. 6205. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to require the payment of monthly special pay for members of the uniformed services whose service on active duty is extended by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism; to the Committee on Armed Services. Source: GPO [H5043]

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