HR 12487 · 94th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend specially adapted housing benefits to certain hemiparaplegic veterans.

Introduced 1976-03-11· Sponsored by Rep. Spellman, Gladys Noon [D-MD-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1976-03-11)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist any veteran, who has a permanent and total service- connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, of both extremities in cases of hemiparaplegia, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair, in acquiring a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or movable facilities made necessary by the nature of the veteran's disability, and necessary land therefor. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 801)…

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