[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5098 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5098

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the notification to 
Congress of the hospitalization of combat-wounded members of the Armed 
                                Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2018

 Mr. Swalwell of California (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the notification to 
Congress of the hospitalization of combat-wounded members of the Armed 
                                Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Wounded in Action 
Notification Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO THE NOTIFICATION TO OF HOSPITALIZATION OF 
              COMBAT-WOUNDED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    Section 1074l(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``admitted to a military treatment facility within the United 
States'' and inserting ``admitted to any military treatment facility''.
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