United States · Law · HR
H.R. 901 (101st)
Veterans' Benefits Amendments of 1989
Introduced
7 February 1989
Last action
18 December 1989 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 101-237.
Sponsors
Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3], Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15], Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1], Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6], Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2], Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21], Rep. Robinson, Tommy F. [D-AR-2], Rep. Rowland, John G. [R-CT-5], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Harris, Claude [D-AL-7], Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5], Rep. Payne, Lewis F., Jr. [D-VA-5], Rep. Parker, Mike [R-MS-4], Rep. Jones, Ben [D-GA-4], Rep. Leath, Marvin [D-TX-11], Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8], Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3], Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9], Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10], Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. James, Craig T. [R-FL-4], Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8], Rep. Smith, Larkin [R-MS-5], Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH], Rep. Miller, John R. [R-WA-1], Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11], Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. [R-SC-1], Rep. Olin, James R. [D-VA-6], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Rep. Martin, David O'B. [R-NY-26], Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18], Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6], Rep. Patterson, Elizabeth [D-SC-4], Rep. Paxon, Bill [R-NY-27], Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3], Rep. Sangmeister, George E. [D-IL-4], Rep. Long, Jill L. [D-IN-4]
Subjects
Healthcare, Defence
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Veterans' Health-Care Programs Amendments of 1989 - Title I: Personnel Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide special pay for nurses (as is currently provided to physicians and dentists) in a specified amount (depending on full- or part-time employment) upon the execution of a written agreement to complete a specified period of service with the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary, in addition to such special pay, to provide incentive special pay to Department nurses for: (1) tenure of service within the Administration of two years or more but less than five years; (2) tenure of service within the Administration of five years or more: (3) service in intensive care units, critical care units, emergency rooms, operating rooms, or in nursing specialties for which recruitment and retention of qualified nurses is difficult; (4) service in a specific geographic location in which it is especially difficult to recruit and retain qualified nurses; and (5) service in a head nurse position. Directs the Secretary to provide such incentive special pay, under the same criteria, for eligible part-time nurses employed in the Administration. Provides that the agreement required for the payment of special pay may only be entered into if the nurse is a registered nurse and an employee of the Administration whose duty assignments involve direct patient care. Provides specified amounts (per annum) of such special incentive pay for qualified nurses within the Administration. Extends premium pay for nurses for work performed during certain hours or for overtime work to licensed practical or vocational nurses and nurse assistants of the Administration. Excludes Administration employees appointed and paid under general Federal provisions governing appointments in the competitive service from any Federal veterans' benefits provisions limiting employment outside of the Department. Includes nurses who are retired military personnel and who are necessary to meet emergency employment needs in the category of Administration personnel who are exempt from reductions in retirement pay under Federal provisions regarding pay administration in the competitive service. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director of the Department, to appoint qualified individuals in the competitive civil service to the Administration without regard to Federal provisions regarding examination, certification, and appointment in the competitive service. Requires the Secretary to apply the principles of preference for hiring established under such Federal provisions. Title II: Health Program Amendments - Extends permanently the authority of the Secretary to provide respite care services to eligible veterans. (Currently, such authority expires as of the end of FY 1989.) Extends through FY 1992 the authority for the making of grants to States for the construction of State nursing home facilities. Amends the Veterans' Home Loan Program Improvements and Property Rehabilitation Act of 1987 to convey to employers who employ veterans participating in a compensated work therapy program real property and improvements for not less than 75 percent of the fair market value of such property. Rescinds a Department medical regulation relating to the use of community nursing home facilities. Title III: Health-Care Management - Directs the Secretary, during FY 1990 and 1991, to carry out a pilot program in one medical region of the Administration for an improved management system for amounts payable to the United States from programs administered by the Administration. Requires the Secretary to develop an automated program to carry out billing and collection of fees. Sets forth the requirements of such program and the allocation of amounts received by the Department through such program. Provides that the amounts retained and allocated shall be used for: (1) pay and other personnel benefits to enhance the recruitment and retention of Administration health-care employees; and (2) the supplementing of medical equipment accounts of medical centers at which such accounts are deficient. Authorizes appropriations. Makes military dependents who are eligible for medical care under Federal armed forces provisions eligible for health care under sharing agreements for health-care resources between the Department and the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary, by October 1, 1989, to compile a list of individuals eligible for medical care under veterans' benefits provisions relating to survivors and dependents of certain veterans. Provides that the Secretary may pay benefits only to persons on such list. Directs the Secretary, no later than October 1, 1989, to establish a procedure for the periodic review of the need for, and the cost-effectiveness of, such medical care. Requires the Inspector General of the Department to report to the Senate and House veterans' committees on the Secretary's compliance with the establishment of such list and the procedures of such review. Directs the Secretary to study alternative methods for providing for the costs of such medical care and to report such study to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the Department canteen service from contracting for the performance by any individual not employed by the United States of any activity that would otherwise be performed by an individual employed by the United States who is compensated with nonappropriated funds. Declares that the head of such service may not be required to report to any Department official other than the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary.
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Timeline
7 February 1989
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
7 February 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 February 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
1 March 1989
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from VA.
Source: Committee
12 April 1989
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
12 April 1989
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care.
Source: Committee
27 April 1989
Committee
Executive Comment Received from VA.
Source: Committee
7 June 1989
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Source: Committee
7 June 1989
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
20 June 1989
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
20 June 1989
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Source: Committee
23 June 1989
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 67.
Source: Calendars
23 June 1989
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 101-107.
Source: Committee
23 June 1989
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 101-107.
Source: Committee
27 June 1989
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
27 June 1989
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Source: Floor
27 June 1989
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
27 June 1989
Passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
27 June 1989
Passed
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
27 June 1989
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Source: Floor
27 June 1989
Floor
Mr. Stump demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Source: Floor
27 June 1989
Floor
Mr. Montgomery moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Source: Floor
11 July 1989
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Source: IntroReferral
31 July 1989
Committee
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Source: Committee
3 October 1989
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
3 October 1989
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 13 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
3 October 1989
Discharge
Senate Committee on Veterans discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Discharge
3 October 1989
Committee
Senate Committee on Veterans discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Committee
10 October 1989
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
26 October 1989
Committee
Committee on Veterans received executive comment from Department of Veterans Affairs.
Source: Committee
20 November 1989
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to Senate amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
20 November 1989
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.
Source: Floor
20 November 1989
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 November 1989
Passed
On motion to agree to Senate amendments with amendments Agreed to without objection.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 November 1989
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion to agree to Senate amendments with amendments Agreed to without objection.
Source: NotUsed
20 November 1989
Floor
DEBATE - Under a reservation of objection, the House proceeded to discuss the measure.
Source: Floor
20 November 1989
ResolvingDifferences
Mr. Montgomery asked unanimous consent that the House agree to Senate amendments with amendments.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
20 November 1989
Passed
Senate agreed to the House amendments to Senate amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
21 November 1989
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
15 December 1989
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
18 December 1989
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
18 December 1989
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
18 December 1989
Became law
Became Public Law No: 101-237.
Source: President
18 December 1989
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
18 December 1989
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
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House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment
summary · EN · 20 November 1989
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 3 October 1989
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 27 June 1989
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Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 23 June 1989
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 February 1989
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Sponsors
- Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Robinson, Tommy F. [D-AR-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rowland, John G. [R-CT-5] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Harris, Claude [D-AL-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Payne, Lewis F., Jr. [D-VA-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Parker, Mike [R-MS-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jones, Ben [D-GA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Leath, Marvin [D-TX-11] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. James, Craig T. [R-FL-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Larkin [R-MS-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Miller, John R. [R-WA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. [R-SC-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Olin, James R. [D-VA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Martin, David O'B. [R-NY-26] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Patterson, Elizabeth [D-SC-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Paxon, Bill [R-NY-27] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sangmeister, George E. [D-IL-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Long, Jill L. [D-IN-4] · D · Cosponsor
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