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HR 2829 108th Congress House

Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes.

Introduced: July 23, 2003 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security BlindDisabledEye diseasesHealthVeterans' disability compensation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jul 23, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 23, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 22, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay special disability compensation due to a veteran's loss of paired organs when the veteran has suffered impairment of vision compensable to a degree of ten percent or more (currently, blindness) in one eye as a result of a service-connected disability and impairment of vision (currently, blindness) in the other eye as a result of a non-service-connected disability not the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 24, 2003
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Sep 9, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Jul 23, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 23, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 23, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 23, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 23, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2829: Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2829/
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