HR 1081 · 102th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Sullivan Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.(1991-07-22)
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Sullivan Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense, in prescribing policies for the exemption of certain members of the armed forces from duty assignments in imminent danger zones, to provide that: (1) requests by military personnel who are members of the same family for all but one of such family to be assigned to duty outside a danger zone may be approved and that such request with respect to at least one such family member shall be approved; and (2) a request by an unmarried member who has sole custody of a child to be assigned to duty outside an imminent danger zone shall be approved. Allows the Secretary of the military department concerned to deny such requests in individual cases based on national security requirements.…
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Cosponsors (20)
16 Democrats4 Republicans