Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978

Summary

Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act - Title I: Amendments to Pension Program for Non-service-connected Disability or Death - Revises the list of specified catagories of payments excluded from the determination of annual income for benefit payment purposes. Requires persons applying for a non-service-connected disability pension to report the income and estate of each spouse and child on account of whom added pension is applied for or received. Sets increased flat pension and aid-and-attendance allowance rates, reduced by the amount of a veteran's annual income, and in specified instances, by the amount of a spouse's or child's income which is reasonably available to or for such veteran. Sets increased flat benefit rates, with similar reductions, for the surviving spouses and children of such veterans. Requires annual adjustments in such pension and benefit rates in conjunction with cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Sets the effective dates for provisions of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 30 November 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 November 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 30 November 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 31 May 1978

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1225.

   Source: Committee

5. 31 May 1978

   Reported

   Reported to House from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1225.

   Source: Committee

6. 28 June 1978

   Vote

   Measure passed House, amended, roll call #507 (398-5).

   Source: Floor

7. 28 June 1978

   Vote

   Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #507 (398-5).

   Source: Floor

8. 28 June 1978

   Floor

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

   Source: Floor

9. 31 July 1978

   Floor

   Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.

   Source: Floor

10. 31 July 1978

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2384, roll call #263 (85-0).

    Source: Floor

11. 25 September 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

12. 26 September 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

13. 12 October 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 95-1329.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

14. 12 October 1978

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

15. 12 October 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1768.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

16. 12 October 1978

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 95-1768.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

17. 14 October 1978

    President

    Measure enrolled in Senate.

    Source: President

18. 14 October 1978

    President

    Measure enrolled in House.

    Source: President

19. 14 October 1978

    Vote

    House agreed to conference report, roll call #925 (387-1).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

20. 14 October 1978

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #925 (387-1).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

21. 25 October 1978

    Floor

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: Floor

22. 25 October 1978

    President

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: President

23. 4 November 1978

    President

    Public Law 95-588.

    Source: President

24. 4 November 1978

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

25. 4 November 1978

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

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Documents

3 official files

• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 5 November 1978

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 12 October 1978

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Sponsors

• Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Roberts, Ray [D-TX-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Guyer, Tennyson [R-OH-4] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsvr00 · Standing

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