Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act

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Introduced

17 June 2005

Last action

6 April 2006 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15], Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8], Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2], Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6], Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11], Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5], Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6], Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4], Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16], Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large], Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5], Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]

Subjects

Defence

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15 August 2025

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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

17 June 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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17 June 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 June 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 June 2005
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Source: Committee
6 April 2006
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee

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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.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/2963
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