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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,…

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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.

Introduced: April 29, 2003 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 July 10, 2003

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 938: 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.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-938/
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"S. 938: 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.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-938/.
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S. 938, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-938/.
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[S. 938: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-938/)
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