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Veterans Health Improvements Act of 1993

Introduced: October 19, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 29 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 2, 1994
Became Public Law No: 103-452.
Nov 2, 1994
Signed by President.
Oct 21, 1994
Presented to President.
Oct 12, 1994
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 8, 1994
Senate agreed to the House amendments to Senate amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: 10/7/94 CR S14807)
Oct 8, 1994
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to Senate amendments by Voice Vote.(consideration: 10/7/94 CR S14807)
Oct 7, 1994
Message on House action received in Senate and at the desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.
Oct 7, 1994
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 7, 1994
On motion that the House agree with amendments to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H11231)
Oct 7, 1994
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with amendments to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection.(consideration: CR H11231)
Oct 7, 1994
Mr. Montgomery asked unanimous consent that the House agree with amendments to the Senate amendments.
Jun 9, 1994
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 8, 1994
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1626 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Jun 8, 1994
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1626 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Jun 8, 1994
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1626 amended.
Jun 8, 1994
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6622)
Nov 18, 1993
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
Nov 16, 1993
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 16, 1993
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 16, 1993
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Nov 16, 1993
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Nov 16, 1993
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9723-9731)
Nov 16, 1993
Mr. Montgomery moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 10, 1993
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.
Nov 10, 1993
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 103-349.
Oct 26, 1993
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 0.
Oct 26, 1993
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 19, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 19, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Benefits and Services Amendments of 1994 - Entitles veterans who have repaid in full a previous home loan guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to another home loan, whether or not the property securing the first loan has been sold or otherwise disposed of. (Current law requires such sale, even if the loan has been repaid in full.)

Allows veterans to refinance an existing guaranteed loan in order to make energy efficiency improvements.

Changes from August 5, 1964, to February 28, 1961, the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era for purposes of Federal veterans' benefits provisions for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam.

Excludes the payment to Alaska Natives of cash, stock, land, or other interests representing dividends paid under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act from the calculation of annual income in the determination of eligibility for veterans' pensions.

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the Caring Place at Loyola, Inc., an Illinois nonprofit organization, for establishing on the grounds of the Edward Hines, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hines, Illinois, a facility for the provision of temporary accommodations for family members of severely ill children being treated at the Loyola of Chicago Medical Center.

What's happening now November 2, 1994

Became Public Law No: 103-452.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1030 Companion bill Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 1994
  • S 1626 Procedurally related Veterans Benefits and Services Amendments of 1994
 Bill text 8 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 19, 1993
BUYER, STEPHEN
· Oct 19, 1993
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 19, 1993
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