96th Congress > House > Vote 303
Description: TO PASS H.R. 2282, PROVIDING A COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND IN DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF DISABLED VETERANS. (MOTION PASSED)
Bill summary: (Senate agreed to House amendment with an amendment)
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1979 - =Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans.
Revises certain veteran eligibility requirements for aid-and-attendance allowances. Provides for the establishment
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of intermediate rates for purposes of service-connected disability benefits.
Authorizes the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to adjust the rates of disability compensation for certain veterans, consistent with the increases authorized under this title.
=Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits= - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits, beginning October 1, 1979.
=Title III: Amendments to Certain Veterans' Life Insurance Provisions= - Authorizes the payment of dividends on Veterans' Reopened Insurance policies. Authorizes the payment of higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries under NSLI, Veterans Special Life Insurance, and U.S. Government Life Insurance policies in cases where such payments are made in equal monthly installments.
=Title IV: Exemption of Veterans' Administration Home Loans from State Anti-Usury Provisions= - Exempts VA guaranteed and insured home loans from State anti-usury laws and constitutional provisions to conform to treatment of mortgages under the National Housing Act.
=Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions= - Makes technical revisions in existing provisions of law, to conform to the Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1979.
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, upon request by the VA (or other Federal department, agency, or instrumentality) to request the current mailing address from the Internal Revenue Service of persons whom the VA certifies may have been exposed to occupational hazards. Stipulates that such information shall be used solely for purposes of locating such persons as part of a VA program for certain medical follow-up and benefits notification relating to such possible exposure.
=Title VI: Effective Dates= - Sets forth the effective dates of specified sections of this Act.
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Bill titles: An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living increase in the rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensations paid to survivors of veterans, to modify certain veterans' life insurance programs, and to exempt Veterans' Administration home loans from State anti-usury laws; to provide for certain assistance in locating individuals who were exposed to occupational hazards during military service; and for other purposes.; A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living increase in the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans and in the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of disabled veterans.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 95, p. 5945;
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