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HR 1154 97th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Military pensions Survivors' benefits Veterans' benefits

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, Chapters 15 and 51, to improve the death and disability pension program for veterans and their dependents.

Introduced: January 22, 1981 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 97th Congress (1981–1982) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 22, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increases the annual rate of pension payable to the surviving spouse and children of a veteran of a period of war. Excludes the income of the person legally responsible for such child from any adjustments in pension rates. Grants each of two eligible veterans married to each other an individual rather than a combined pension. Excludes proceeds from specified government life insurance policies from determinations of annual income for pension purposes. Provides for annual rather than monthly reductions or discontinuances of pensions when a change of income occurs.

What's happening now January 22, 1981

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Nov 4, 1981
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1154: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, Chapters 15 and 51, to improve the death and disability pension program for veterans and their dependents.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1154/
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"H.R. 1154: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, Chapters 15 and 51, to improve the death and disability pension program for veterans and their dependents.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1154/.
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H.R. 1154, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1154/.
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[H.R. 1154: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, Chapters 15 and 51, to improve the death and disability pension program for veterans and their dependents.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-1154/)
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