HR 11890 · 95th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that the survivors, of a veteran who was rated totally and permanently service-connected disabled for a period of at least ten years would be entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation as though the veteran had died from a service-connected disability.

Introduced 1978-04-05· Sponsored by Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1978-07-26)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1978-07-25
Yea 393Nay 9
PassedHouse · 1978-07-25
Yea 393Nay 9

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of any veteran who was rated totally and permanently service-connected disabled for at least ten years, as though the cause of death were service-connected.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (9)

6 Democrats3 Republicans