Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1987

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Introduced

15 July 1987

Last action

31 December 1987 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 100-227.

Summary

Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1987 - Title I: Rate Increases - Increases the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, and the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans. Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children of veterans who have died as a result of service-connected disabilities, as well as the rates of supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving children. Title II: Improved Benefits for Former Prisoners of War - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to: (1) redefine "former prisoner of war" to include persons held by other than an enemy government during a war; and (2) allow a presumption of service-connection for peripheral neuropathy due to trauma, a spastic colon, or peptic or duodenal ulcers suffered by a former prisoner of war which become manifest to a degree of ten percent or more after active military service. Decreases from six months to 90 days the period of internment required for former prisoners of war to become eligible for dental care benefits. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay benefits to the surviving spouse and children of certain deceased veterans rated totally disabled at their time of death and for a specified period preceding death. Requires such benefits to be provided in the same manner as if the veteran's death was service-connected. Prohibits the payment of any such benefits to a surviving spouse unless: (1) the marriage to the veteran occurred before the expiration of 15 years after the veteran's discharge or release from active duty; (2) the surviving spouse was married to the veteran for one year or more; or (3) a child was born of the marriage. Requires any benefits to be paid under this provision to be offset by any money received from a cause of action for damages arising from the death of the veteran as described above. Provides that persons found eligible for benefits as a result of this Act shall also be deemed eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation under current Federal law. Directs the Administrator to continue to maintain and operate separately the Veterans Administration Insurance Centers located in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prohibits the Administrator from taking any action to consolidate such centers. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the bridge currently being constructed across the Ohio River between the cities of Weirton, West Virginia, and Steubenville, Ohio, would serve as an appropriate and fitting memorial to veterans.

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Timeline

15 July 1987
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
15 July 1987
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 July 1987
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 July 1987
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
22 July 1987
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
23 July 1987
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 145.
Source: Calendars
23 July 1987
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 100-236.
Source: Committee
23 July 1987
Reported
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 100-236.
Source: Committee
28 July 1987
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
28 July 1987
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
28 July 1987
Floor
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Source: Floor
29 July 1987
Introduced
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 274.
Source: Calendars
17 December 1987
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
17 December 1987
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
18 December 1987
Passed
House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 December 1987
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Source: NotUsed
18 December 1987
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
22 December 1987
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
22 December 1987
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
22 December 1987
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
31 December 1987
Became law
Became Public Law No: 100-227.
Source: President
31 December 1987
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
31 December 1987
President
Signed by President.
Source: President

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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 1 January 1988
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Passed Senate amended
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Passed House amended
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Reported to House with amendment(s)
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Introduced in House
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amends ← To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a 4.2 percent cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of Veterans Administration disability compensation for veterans and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors and an increase in the number of vocational-training evaluations of veteran-pensioners; and to amend the Veterans' Job Training Act to extend the deadline for veterans to apply for participation.

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Legal framework · Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1987 · H.R. 2945 (100th) · US

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