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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of recoupment from veteran's disability compensation that is required in the case of veterans who have received certain separation…

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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of recoupment from veteran's disability compensation that is required in the case of veterans who have received certain separation payments from the Department of Defense.

Introduced: November 4, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Nov 4, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Nov 4, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11678)
Nov 4, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Limits the amount of a veteran's disability compensation that may be deducted by reason of the receipt of military separation pay or a Department of Defense separation benefit to 75 percent of that pay or benefit. Makes such provision effective for compensation payments made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for months beginning after December 1991.

What's happening now November 4, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 4, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1359: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of recoupment from veteran's disability compensation that is required in the case of veterans who have received certain separation payments from the Department of Defense.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1359/
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"S. 1359: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of recoupment from veteran's disability compensation that is required in the case of veterans who have received certain separation payments from the Department of Defense.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1359/.
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S. 1359, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1359/.
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