US Congress House Bill 593 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-7)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Extends the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense (DOD) and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include all veterans with a combat-related disability. (Under current law, such concurrent receipt is limited to those veterans who incur a disability in the line of duty in a combat zone or during the performance of duty in combat-related operations.) Makes such amendment effective as of January 28, 2008 (the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008).

To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the authorized concurrent receipt of disability severance pay from the Department of Defense and compensation for the same disability under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover all veterans who have a combat-related disability, as defined under section 1413a of such title.

Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Bart Gordon [D-TN]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Harry Mitchell [D-AZ]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Zachary Space [D-OH]
Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-06		Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2009-01-15		Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/593/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr593/BILLS-111hr593ih.pdf