Service-Disabled Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1987

Summary

Service-Disabled Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1987 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, beginning on December 1, 1987, to increase the rates of veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation paid by the Veterans Administration (VA). Requires such increases to be published in the Federal Register. Increases, as of October 1, 1987, the: (1) maximum grants to veterans for specially-adapted housing; and (2) maximum burial and funeral expenses award to families of veterans as a service-connected death benefit. Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide for the tolling of the ten-year delimiting period for educational and rehabilitative assistance to veterans when an alcohol or drug dependence or abuse condition exists and the veteran is under recognized treatment for such condition. Outlines limits to the extension of such delimiting period. Makes similar extensions of such tolling period for alcohol or drug dependence or abuse conditions recognized and treated in connection with the following programs: (1) rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities; (2) educational assistance for post-Vietnam era veterans; (3) educational assistance for Vietnam-era veterans; and (4) educational assistance for veterans' survivors and dependents. Outlines limits to the extension of the delimiting period in each case. Increases: (1) the maximum amount of home loan to a veteran which is guaranteed by the VA; and (2) the maximum allowance by the VA to a veteran for the purchase of an automobile. Continues indefinitely (currently limited to FY 1987) the exemption of the following programs from any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act): (1) assistance and services relating to training and rehabilitation for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities; and (2) benefits relating to educational assistance for survivors and dependents of certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. Adds benefits relating to housing and small business loans for certain veterans and for the spouses and surviving spouses of certain veterans to the list of such exempted programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement such provisions and report to the appropriate congressional committees within 60 days after the enactment of this Act concerning such implementation.

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Timeline

1. 6 January 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 January 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 February 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.

   Source: Committee

4. 17 June 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 30 June 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

6. 31 July 1987

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

7. 6 November 1987

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 100-215. Additional and minority views filed.

   Source: Committee

8. 6 November 1987

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 432.

   Source: Calendars

9. 6 November 1987

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 100-215. Additional and minority views filed.

   Source: Committee

10. 3 December 1987

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate.

    Source: Floor

11. 4 December 1987

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

2 official files

• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 4 December 1987

  Open at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 January 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Adams, Brock [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

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