Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982

Summary

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title II Program Changes - Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for 14 or more days. Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or of a foot. Requires that additional compensation for dependents be adjusted downward to the nearest dollar. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a flag for burial (and subsequent retention by the next of kin) for persons designated by the Administrator as eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Eliminates the requirement that the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Army be a disabled veteran.

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Timeline

1. 19 July 1982

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 July 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 July 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 22 July 1982

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

5. 22 July 1982

   Committee

   Provisions of H.R.6315 Incorporated in This Measure as a Committee Amendment.

   Source: Committee

6. 22 July 1982

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 23 July 1982

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 97-660.

   Source: Committee

8. 23 July 1982

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 97-660.

   Source: Committee

9. 23 July 1982

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 407.

   Source: Calendars

10. 27 July 1982

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 400 - 0 (Record Vote No: 215).

    Source: Floor

11. 27 July 1982

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 400 - 0 (Record Vote No: 215).

    Source: Floor

12. 27 July 1982

    Floor

    Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

    Source: Floor

13. 30 July 1982

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate, read twice and held at the desk per the order of July 27, 1982.

    Source: IntroReferral

14. 24 September 1982

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2913 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

15. 24 September 1982

    Floor

    Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 2913 amended.

    Source: Floor

16. 28 September 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

17. 28 September 1982

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

18. 29 September 1982

    Passed

    Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

19. 29 September 1982

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

20. 1 October 1982

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

21. 2 October 1982

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

22. 2 October 1982

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

23. 14 October 1982

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 97-306.

    Source: President

24. 14 October 1982

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

25. 14 October 1982

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

6 official files

• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 15 October 1982

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment

  summary · EN · 28 September 1982

  Open at official source

• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 24 September 1982

  Open at official source

• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 27 July 1982

  Open at official source

• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 23 July 1982

  Open at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 July 1982

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Leath, Marvin [D-TX-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Albert L., Jr. [R-AL-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Denny [R-OR-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Napier, John L. [R-SC-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Siljander, Mark D. [R-MI-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Sawyer, Harold S. [R-MI-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Boner, William H. [D-TN-5] · D · Sponsor
• Christopher Smith · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4] · D · Sponsor
• Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Joseph F. [D-PA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-14] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dunn, Jim [R-MI-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Nelligan, James L. [R-PA-11] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jeffries, Jim [R-KS-2] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsvr00 · Standing

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