Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act

Summary

Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay special disability compensation due to a veteran's loss of paired organs when the veteran has suffered impairment of vision compensable to a degree of ten percent or more (currently, blindness) in one eye as a result of a service-connected disability and impairment of vision (currently, blindness) in the other eye as a result of a non-service-connected disability not the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct.

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Timeline

1. 17 June 2005

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 June 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 June 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 28 June 2005

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

   Source: Committee

5. 6 April 2006

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 17 June 2005 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 June 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

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• Introduced in House

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Sponsors

• Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• John Boozman · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] · D · Sponsor
• JOHN SHIMKUS · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] · R · Sponsor
• DAVID PRICE · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] · R · Sponsor
• GENE GREEN · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• ROBERT BRADY · D · Cosponsor
• COLLIN PETERSON · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
• LUIS GUTIERREZ · D · Cosponsor
• Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Linda Sánchez · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
• JOHN CONYERS · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Emanuel Cleaver · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D · Cosponsor

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Related records

• related to ← To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes.