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H.R. 5442 (98th)
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require vocational training and counseling for any new Veterans' Administration pension recipient who is under age 50.
Introduced
12 April 1984
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Status
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
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Summary
Requires a permanently and totally disabled from a non-service-connected disability veteran under age 50 who applies for and receives a military pension to undergo a vocational evaluation. Requires any veteran who the Administrator of Veterans Affairs determines can achieve a vocational goal to undertake vocational training as a condition for receiving such pension. Limits such training to 48 months. Suspends pension payment to any veteran withdrawing from such training without approval. Continues the drugs and medicine entitlement of housebound or regularly attended veterans who participate in vocational training without regard to income limitations.
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summary · EN · 12 April 1984
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/5442
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/hr/5442