A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish certain hospital care and medical services for service-connected disabilities of certain veterans.

Summary

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to furnish hospital care and medical services to a veteran for any service-connected disability if the veteran is sojourning or residing abroad. (Currently, such benefits are available only for veterans with service-connected disabilities who: (1) are citizens of the United States sojourning or residing abroad; or (2) are in the Republic of the Philippines.)

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Timeline

1. 1 April 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 1 April 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 7 April 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from OMB, VA.

   Source: Committee

4. 21 May 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 1 April 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

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