H.R. 4085 (RH) - Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act of 2002 - BILLS-107hr4085rh | Content Details

H.R. 4085 (RH) - Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act of 2002

Actions: Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Reyes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Additional sponsors: Mr. Jeff Miller of Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Shows, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Filner, Ms. McKinney, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Stump, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Holden, and Mrs. Davis of California, Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Full Title: To increase, effective as of December 1, 2002, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Cosponsors: Lane Evans (IL); Michael K. Simpson (ID); Silvestre Reyes (TX); Corrine Brown (FL); Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX); Robert E. Andrews (NJ); Ronnie Shows (MS); Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (AS); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Chet Edwards (TX); Bob Filner (CA); Cynthia A. McKinney (GA); Julia Carson (IN); Luis V. Gutierrez (IL); Mark Foley (FL); Lois Capps (CA); Tom Udall (NM); Bob Stump (AZ); Shelley Berkley (NV); Michael Bilirakis (FL); Tim Holden (PA); Susan A. Davis (CA)

United States Code References: 38 U.S.C. 103, 1114, 1311, 2106, 3674, 3729 and Chapter 11
42 U.S.C. 401 and 415