HR 4798
107th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Cost of living adjustments
Families
Health
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions
Welfare eligibility
Widows of Wartime Veterans Assistance Act
Introduced: May 22, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 2, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jun 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 22, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 22, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Widows of Wartime Veterans Assistance Act - Increases the maximum annual rates of pensions for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war. Amends the Social Security Act to require that the amount of such rate increases not be included in a surviving spouse's income for purposes of Medicaid (title XIX) eligibility.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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