United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2747 (109th)
Disabled Veterans Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005
Introduced
7 June 2005
Last action
20 July 2005 · Committee
Status
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
Sponsors
Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12], Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13], Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Raúl Grijalva, Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Sanford Bishop, Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Disabled Veterans Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends Federal provisions concerning service-disabled veterans' life insurance to make the amount of such insurance $50,000, or such lesser amount evenly divisible by $10,000. States that the premium rates for such insurance for months beginning: (1) before the date of enactment of this Act shall be based upon the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary Table of Mortality and interest at the rate of two and one-fourth percent per year; and (2) on or after the date of enactment of this Act shall be based upon such Table at a four and one-half percent interest rate. Makes the same changes with respect to all policy cash, loan, paid-up, and extended values. Increases from $90,000 to $200,000 the maximum amount of veterans' mortgage life insurance coverage. Includes still-born children within dependent coverage under the Servicemembers Group Life Insurance program.
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Timeline
7 June 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1150)
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 June 2005
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Source: Committee
20 July 2005
Committee
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 7 June 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 June 2005
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 June 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 June 2005
Sponsors
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Sanford Bishop · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/2747
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2747
- us · 109-hr-2747 · source updated 15 August 2025