HR 5951 · 96th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide an incentive for severely disabled veterans entitled to an aid and attendance allowance for non-service-connected disabilities to live outside of an institutional setting.

Introduced 1979-11-26· Sponsored by Rep. Roberts, Ray [D-TX-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1979-11-26)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Revises aid and attendance payments for certain disabled war veterans to provide a two-tiered schedule providing higher payments for veterans living independently from a nursing home or other full-time health care facility than for those veterans who are full-time patients at such facilities.…

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