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HR 1334 101th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Hospital patients Long-term care Marriage Survivors' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions

To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove a limitation relating to the payment of pension to veterans furnished hospital care by the Veterans' Administration on a long-term basis.

Introduced: March 9, 1989 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 1989
See H.R.901.
Jul 31, 1989
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Jul 11, 1989
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Jun 27, 1989
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 27, 1989
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jun 27, 1989
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 27, 1989
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 27, 1989
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Jun 27, 1989
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Jun 27, 1989
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Jun 27, 1989
Mr. Stump demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Jun 27, 1989
Mr. Montgomery moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 22, 1989
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 65.
Jun 22, 1989
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 101-105.
Jun 20, 1989
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Jun 20, 1989
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 14, 1989
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Jun 14, 1989
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 5, 1989
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 5, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance.
Apr 5, 1989
Executive Comment Received from VA.
Mar 17, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from VA.
Mar 9, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 9, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Removes a limitation on pension payments to veterans without spouses or children who are receiving Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care for a period of over three months.

Reduces from two years to one the required period of marriage before the death of a totally disabled veteran in order for the surviving spouse to be eligible to receive dependency and indemnity compensation.

What's happening now November 20, 1989

See H.R.901.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 901 Procedurally related Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 1989
  • HR 1336 Procedurally related To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from two years to one year the period of time that a surviving spouse …
 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 22, 1989
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1334: To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove a limitation relating to the payment of pension to veterans furnished hospital care by the Veterans' Administration on a long-term basis.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1334/
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"H.R. 1334: To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove a limitation relating to the payment of pension to veterans furnished hospital care by the Veterans' Administration on a long-term basis.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1334/.
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H.R. 1334, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1334/.
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