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HR 879 107th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cost of living adjustments Deficit reduction Disabled Drug abuse Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Government spending reductions Off-budget expenditures Smoking Tobacco Veterans' disability compensation

Veterans Tobacco-Related Illness Benefits Restoration Act of 2001

Introduced: March 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Mar 6, 2001
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans Tobacco-Related Illness Benefits Restoration Act of 2001 - Repeals a Federal provision which prohibits a veteran's disability or death from being considered to have resulted from a personal injury suffered or a disease contracted in the line of duty on the basis that it resulted from the use of tobacco products during the veteran's military, naval, or air service. Provides that such repeal shall apply to any claim for compensation received by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs before or after enactment of this Act.

Prohibits the Director of the Office of Management and Budget from making any estimate of changes in direct spending outlays under provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) for any fiscal year resulting from the enactment of this Act.

What's happening now March 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 6, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 6, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 879: Veterans Tobacco-Related Illness Benefits Restoration Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-879/
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"H.R. 879: Veterans Tobacco-Related Illness Benefits Restoration Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-879/.
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H.R. 879, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-879/.
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