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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 16, 1996

See H.R.3248.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3248 Procedurally related Veterans Programs Amendments of 1996
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 3 Independent 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Nov 15, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 12, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 26, 1995
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jan 23, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 19, 1995
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 17, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 109: 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.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-109/
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"H.R. 109: 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.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-109/.
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H.R. 109, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-109/.
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[H.R. 109: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-109/)
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