HR 109
104th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' pensions
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective date for discontinuance of compensation and pension paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall be the date on which the recipient dies, rather than the last day of the preceding month, in the case of a veteran with a surviving spouse, and for other purposes.
Introduced: January 4, 1995
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 1996
See H.R.3248.
Oct 12, 1995
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 5, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 4, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 4, 1995
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Provides that the effective date for discontinuance of veterans' disability compensation and veterans' pension paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall be the date on which the recipient dies (currently the last day of the month preceding death) in the case of a veteran with a surviving spouse. Requires payments of such compensation to be made to the surviving spouse.
Provides that the effective date for the award of dependency and indemnity compensation for which application is received within one year from the date of the veteran's death shall be the day following the date of death in the case of a surviving spouse.
What's happening now
See H.R.3248.
Committees of jurisdiction
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