HR 6782 · 97th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 97-306.(1982-10-14)
Recorded Votes
PassedHouse · 1982-07-27
Yea 400Nay 0
PassedHouse · 1982-07-27
Yea 400Nay 0
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Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title II Program Changes - Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for 14 or more days. Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or of a foot. Requires that additional compensation for dependents be adjusted downward to the nearest dollar. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to s…
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Cosponsors (20)
9 Democrats11 Republicans