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HR 4070 105th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cost of living adjustments Deficit reduction Disabled Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Government spending reductions Off-budget expenditures Veterans' disability compensation

To restore veterans tobacco-related benefits as in effect before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Introduced: June 17, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Jun 17, 1998
Referred to House Budget
Jun 17, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Jun 17, 1998
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jun 17, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals a Federal provision which prohibits a veteran's disability or death from being considered to have resulted from a personal injury suffered or a disease contracted in the line of duty on the basis that it resulted from the use of tobacco products during the veteran's military, naval, or air service.

Prohibits the Director of the Office of Management and Budget from making any estimate of changes in direct spending outlays under provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) for any fiscal year resulting from the enactment of this Act.

What's happening now June 17, 1998

Referred to House Budget

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 16, 1998
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 29, 1998
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 22, 1998
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4070: To restore veterans tobacco-related benefits as in effect before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4070/
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"H.R. 4070: To restore veterans tobacco-related benefits as in effect before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4070/.
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H.R. 4070, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4070/.
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