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HR 2813 104th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government spending reductions Health Labor and Employment Public debt Survivors' benefits Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care

To ensure that payments during fiscal year 1996 of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans, and of other…

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To ensure that payments during fiscal year 1996 of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans, and of other veterans benefits, and payments to Department of Veterans Affairs contractors providing services directly related to patient health and safety, are made regardless of Government financial shortfalls.

Introduced: December 20, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Dec 20, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 20, 1995
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that: (1) in any case during FY 1996 in which appropriations are not otherwise available for programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, payments of existing veterans' benefits and payments to contractors of the Veterans Health Administration for patient health and safety services are still made; and (2) in any case during FY 1996 in which certain Government functions are delayed, deferred, or canceled due to a limitation on the ability to borrow funds, payments of existing veterans' benefits are still made.

What's happening now December 20, 1995

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Dec 20, 1995
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 20, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2813: To ensure that payments during fiscal year 1996 of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans, and of other veterans benefits, and payments to Department of Veterans Affairs contractors providing services directly related to patient health and safety, are made regardless of Government financial shortfalls.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2813/
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"H.R. 2813: To ensure that payments during fiscal year 1996 of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans, and of other veterans benefits, and payments to Department of Veterans Affairs contractors providing services directly related to patient health and safety, are made regardless of Government financial shortfalls.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2813/.
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H.R. 2813, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2813/.
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[H.R. 2813: To ensure that payments during fiscal year 1996 of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans, and of other veterans benefits, and payments to Department of Veterans Affairs contractors providing services directly related to patient health and safety, are made regardless of Government financial shortfalls.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2813/)
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