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HR 3998 106th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Breast cancer Health Mastectomy Veterans' disability compensation Women Women veterans

Veterans' Special Monthly Compensation Gender Equity Act

Introduced: March 16, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 13, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 4, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Mar 16, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 16, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans' Special Monthly Compensation Gender Equity Act - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide a monthly rate of compensation for the service-connected loss of one or both breasts due to a radical or modified radical mastectomy.
What's happening now April 13, 2000

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 22, 2000
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 16, 2000
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 16, 2000
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 16, 2000
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 16, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3998: Veterans' Special Monthly Compensation Gender Equity Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3998/
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"H.R. 3998: Veterans' Special Monthly Compensation Gender Equity Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3998/.
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