A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to assist veterans with a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss or loss of use of one upper and one lower extremity to acquire specially adapted housing.

Summary

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist in acquiring specially adapted housing for those veterans who have a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, of one upper and one lower extremity, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.

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Timeline

1. 8 June 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 8 June 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 8 June 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 14 June 1977

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, H. Rept. 95-412.

   Source: Committee

5. 14 June 1977

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, H. Rept. 95-412.

   Source: Committee

6. 12 July 1977

   Vote

   Measure passed House, roll call #406 (403-0).

   Source: Floor

7. 12 July 1977

   Vote

   Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, roll call #406 (403-0).

   Source: Floor

8. 12 July 1977

   Floor

   Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.

   Source: Floor

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 8 June 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Roberts, Ray [D-TX-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Satterfield, David E., III [D-VA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cornell, Robert J. [D-WI-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Carney, Charles J. [D-OH-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Walsh, William F. [R-NY-33] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Teague, Olin E. [D-TX-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Danielson, George E. [D-CA-30] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wolff, Lester L. [D-NY-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hannaford, Mark W. [D-CA-34] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Beard, Edward [D-RI-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Allen, Clifford R. [D-TN-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsvr00 · Standing

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