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HR 609 107th Congress House

Veterans' Compensation Equity Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide limited authority forconcurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation in the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide limited authority forconcurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation in the case of certain disabled military retirees who are over the age of 65.

Introduced: March 1, 2001 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security DisabledDisabled veteransLabor and EmploymentMilitary pensions
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Social WelfareVeterans' disability compensation
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) 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 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 2001
Department of Veterans Affairs deferred to the views of Department of Defense as to the merits of the bill.
Jul 13, 2001
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Mar 1, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 1, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 1, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 14, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Feb 14, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E181)
Feb 14, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 17, 2001

Department of Veterans Affairs deferred to the views of Department of Defense as to the merits of the bill.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans' Compensation Equity Act of 2001 - Permits service-disabled former military personnel who are retired with 20 or more years of creditable service and are age 65 or older to be paid both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
SANDLIN, MAX
· Jun 5, 2001
TURNER, JIM
· Mar 6, 2001
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 1, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 1, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 609: Veterans' Compensation Equity Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-609/
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"H.R. 609: Veterans' Compensation Equity Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-609/.
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H.R. 609, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-609/.
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