S 938
108th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Disabled
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' pensions
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency an indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 10, 2003
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Apr 29, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 29, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Provides for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of veterans rated totally disabled at the time of death who were former prisoners of war (currently, to the survivors of such veterans who died after September 30, 1999).
What's happening now
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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