HR 2829
108th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Blind
Disabled
Eye diseases
Health
Veterans' disability compensation
Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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