A resolution requesting that the Secretary of Defense should rescind that portion of the Department of Defense directive which permits deserters from military service to receive in absentia discharges.

Introduced

31 January 1979

Last action

31 January 1979 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

Sponsors

Rep. Beard, Robin [R-TN-6], Rep. Badham, Robert E. [R-CA-40], Rep. Bafalis, L. A. (Skip) [R-FL-10], Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3], Rep. Burgener, Clair W. [R-CA-43], Rep. Collins, James M. [R-TX-3], Rep. Coughlin, Lawrence [R-PA-13], Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8], Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4], Rep. Gudger, V. Lamar [D-NC-11], Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2], Rep. Ichord, Richard H. [D-MO-8], Rep. Kelly, Richard [R-FL-5], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1], Rep. Lloyd, James F. [D-CA-35], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7], Rep. Martin, James G. [R-NC-9], Rep. Miller, Clarence E. [R-OH-10], Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3], Rep. Sebelius, Keith G. [R-KS-1], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7], Rep. White, Richard C. [D-TX-16], Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2], Rep. Wilson, Robert C. [R-CA-41], Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46], Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2], Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2], Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16], Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

6 June 2025