Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments in the United States

Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments

Act Details

Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1991-02-21 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 102 United States Congress by Douglas Earl Applegate in relation with: Armed forces and national security, Disabled, Military dependents, Survivors’ benefits, Veterans’ disability compensation, Veterans’ pensions.

Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments became law (1) in the United States on 1991-11-12. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Veterans’ Affairs (HSVR)
sub Subcommittee on Compensation Pension and Insurance (sub 01)

Sponsor

Douglas Earl Applegate, member of the US congress
Douglas Earl Applegate, Democrat, Representative from Ohio

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Michael Bilirakis, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 9

Dan Burton, Representative, from Indiana, district 6
Thomas Chester (chet) Edwards, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 11
William Donlon (don) Edwards, Democrat, Representative, from California
Lane Allen Evans, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 17
John Paul Hammerschmidt, Republican, Representative, from Arkansas
Claude Harris, Democrat, Representative, from Alabama
Willie Gathrel (bill) Hefner, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 8
Craig T. James, Republican, Representative, from Florida
Edgar Lanier (ed) Jenkins, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia
Ben Jones, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia
Jill Lynette Long, Democrat, Representative, from Indiana
Michael (mike) Parker, Republican, Representative, from Mississippi, district 4
Elizabeth J. Patterson, Democrat, Representative, from South Carolina
Bill Paxon, Representative, from New York, district 27
Lewis Franklin Payne, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia
Timothy Joseph Penny, Democrat, Representative, from Minnesota
Collin Clark Peterson, Democrat, Representative, from Minnesota, district 7
Owen Bradford Pickett, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 2
Bill Richardson, Democrat, Representative, from New Mexico, district 3
Thomas Joseph Ridge, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania
James Roy Rowland, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia
George Edward Sangmeister, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois
Richard John (rick) Santorum, Republican, Senator, from Pennsylvania
Christopher Henry Smith, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 4
Floyd Davidson Spence, Republican, Representative, from South Carolina, district 2
Harley Orrin Staggers, Democrat, Representative, from West Virginia
Cliff Stearns, Representative, from Florida, district 6
Charles Walter Stenholm, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 17
Bob Stump, Representative, from Arizona, district 3
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie, Republican, Representative, from Ohio

Act Overview

Number: 1046 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase, effective as of December 1, 1991, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans (4)
Short Title: Veterans’ Compensation Rate Amendments of 1991
Popular Title: Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments
Date First Introduced: 1991-02-21
Sponsor Name: Chalmers Pangburn Wylie
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1991-11-12
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: Armed forces and national security
Related Bills: (8)
Summary of Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments

Veterans’ Compensation Rate Amendments of 1991 – Increases the rates of: (1) veterans’ disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for veterans’ dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children; and (5) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for disabled adult children. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjust administratively the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments)
[Note 4] To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase, effective as of December 1, 1991, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1991-02-21) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Armed forces and national security
Disabled
Military dependents
Survivors’ benefits
Veterans’ disability compensation
Veterans’ pensions

Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments

Veterans Compensation Rate Amendments in the United States