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
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
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.
Mar 6, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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