HR 10992 · 95th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans and Survivors Pension Improvement Act

Introduced 1978-02-15· Sponsored by Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7]· 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.(1978-02-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act - Title I: Amendments to Pension Program for Non-Service-Connected Disability or Death - Revises the list of specified categories of payments excluded from the determination of annual income for benefit payment purposes. Requires persons applying for non- service-connected disability pensions or certain survivors' benefits to report the income and estate of each spouse and child on account of whom added pension is applied for or received. Sets increased flat pension and aid-and-attendance allowance rates, reduced by the amount of a veterans annual income, and in specified instances, by the amount of a spouse's or child's income which is reasonably available to or for such veteran. Sets increased flat benefit rates, with similar reductions, for the surviving spouses and children of such veterans. Requires annual adjustments in such pension and benefit rates in conjunction with cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits. Extends to surviving spouses of certain war veterans pension increases upon attaining age 78 equivalent to those given non-service-connected disabled war veterans age 78 or older. Terminates such pension incr…

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