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Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1986

Introduced: July 31, 1986 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 28, 1986

Became Public Law No: 99-576.

Oct 28, 1986

Signed by President.

Oct 16, 1986

Presented to President.

Oct 15, 1986

Measure Signed in Senate.

Oct 8, 1986

Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.

Oct 8, 1986

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.

Oct 7, 1986

Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.

Oct 7, 1986

House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Oct 7, 1986

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Sep 30, 1986

Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2422 with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Sep 30, 1986

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2422 with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Sep 30, 1986

Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 2422 amended.

Sep 30, 1986

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

Aug 6, 1986

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 776.

Aug 4, 1986

Passed House by Voice Vote.

Aug 4, 1986

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.

Aug 4, 1986

Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

Jul 31, 1986

Reported to House by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 99-730.

Jul 31, 1986

Ordered to be Reported.

Jul 31, 1986

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Jul 31, 1986

Placed on Union Calendar No: 436.

Jul 31, 1986

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Rate Increases - Increases by two percent the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and for children; and (5) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children.

Title II: Miscellaneous - Amends veterans' fiduciaries provisions to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to require the fiduciary to disclose any financial information concerning the veteran beneficiary that is within such fiduciary's knowledge.

Exempts the following from certain joint reports and from inclusion in any presidential order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gram-Rudman-Hollings Act): (1) certain benefits which are based upon the service-connected disability or death of veterans; (2) certain veterans' life insurance accounts; and (3) certain veterans' revolving funds.

Provides that certain other veterans' benefits which are subject to reduction under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act shall be determined in accordance with the sequestration order in effect on the date such benefits are accrued.

Exempts from any sequestration of funds ordered under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act veterans' home loan guarantee programs.

What's happening now October 28, 1986

Became Public Law No: 99-576.

Related & companion bills 13

Bill text 1 version

Public Law PDF

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 2

Kaptur, Marcy

Ohio · Jul 31, 1986

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Jul 31, 1986

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