A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouses of certain former prisoners of war dying with a service-connected disability related totally disabling at the time of death.

Summary

Authorizes the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who died while totally disabled from a service-connected disability, who was a former prisoner of war who died after September 30, 1999, and who had been diagnosed as having one of the diseases specified as being service-connected (and therefore compensable) under veterans' disability compensation or benefits provisions.

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Timeline

1. 17 June 1999

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 June 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 17 June 1999 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 June 1999

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 June 1999

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
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