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HR 784 106th Congress House

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war dying with a service-connected…

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war dying with a service-connected disability rated totally disabling at the time of death.

Introduced: May 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security DisabledDisabled veteransEx-prisoners of warFamilies
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Labor and EmploymentMarried peopleSurvivors' benefitsVeterans' disability compensationVeterans' pensions
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 10, 1999
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 9, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Feb 23, 1999
Introduced in House
Feb 23, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Latest action June 10, 1999

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who died while totally disabled from a service-connected disability, who was a former prisoner of war who died after September 30, 1999, and who had been diagnosed as having one of the diseases specified as being service-connected (and therefore compensable) under veterans' disability compensation or benefits provisions.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 3
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 4, 1999
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Apr 20, 1999
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 23, 1999
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 23, 1999
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 23, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 23, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 784: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war dying with a service-connected disability rated totally disabling at the time of death.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-784/
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"H.R. 784: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war dying with a service-connected disability rated totally disabling at the time of death.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-784/.
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H.R. 784, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-784/.
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[H.R. 784: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war dying with a service-connected disability rated totally disabling at the time of death.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-784/)
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