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HR 4220 105th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cigarettes Deficit reduction Disabled Drug abuse Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Health Off-budget expenditures Smokeless tobacco Smoking Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care

Veterans Benefits Restoration Act of 1998

Introduced: July 15, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Jul 15, 1998
Referred to House Budget
Jul 15, 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.
Jul 15, 1998
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jul 15, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Benefits Restoration Act of 1998 - 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. Provides that such repeal shall apply to any claim for compensation received by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs before or after enactment of this Act.

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 July 15, 1998

Referred to House Budget

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 30, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4220: Veterans Benefits Restoration Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4220/
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"H.R. 4220: Veterans Benefits Restoration Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4220/.
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H.R. 4220, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4220/.
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