S 3596 · 94th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1976-06-21)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans Disability Compensation - Increases generally specified dollar amounts paid to eligible disabled veterans by the Veterans' Administration. Makes an additional payment available to veterans having a wife or child who is helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blined as to need or require the regular aid and attendance of another person. Title II: Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Increases generally specified dependency and indemnity compensation amounts paid to widows of eligible veterans and to children of deceased veterans not leaving a widow. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to carry out a detailed study of the dependency and indemnity compensation program. Title III: Other Disabled Veterans' Program Improvements - Increases the clothing allowance for specifified disabled veterans. Increases the maximum amount of mortgage protection life insurance the Administrator may issue for disabled veterans. Allows the Administrator to provide automobile adaptive equipment to disabled veterans from all wars rather than just wars since World War II. Authorizes the Administrator …
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
Cosponsors (11)
7 Democrats4 Republicans