3.0.0 170 2018-02-03T09:20:53Z 2018-02-05T15:31:36Z House H HR 2005-01-04 109 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-01-04T17:13:05Z Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2005 109 302 HR 2005-01-25 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II. 109 79 S 2005-01-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S254) Related bill CRS Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2005 109 146 S 2005-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S453-454) Related bill CRS 2005-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2005-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 N I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 2005-02-01 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2005-10-24 False Y000031 Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] C. W. Young R FL Bill 10 2006-03-09 False L000090 Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] TOM LANTOS D CA 12 2006-09-14 False Armed Forces and National Security Ambulatory care Asians Clinics Disabled East Asia Economics and Public Finance Education Families Federal advisory bodies Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Guerrilla warfare Health History Housing and Community Development Job hunting Labor and Employment Married people Minorities Mortgages Philippines Residence requirements Social Welfare Survivors' benefits Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' education Veterans' employment Veterans' hospitals Veterans' loans Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions Veterans' rehabilitation Vocational guidance Vocational rehabilitation Widowers Widows Women World War II Armed Forces and National Security 00 2005-01-04 Introduced in House 2005-02-08T20:12:36Z Filipino Veterans Fairness Act - Makes former members of the Philippine Commonwealth Army or new Philippine Scouts who served with U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and became U.S. citizens or lawfully resided in the United States eligible for: (1) payment of compensation ($100 per month) for service-connected disability; (2) vocational rehabilitation as well as job counseling, training, and placement; and (3) veterans' housing loans made or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish outpatient health care at the Manila Outpatient Clinic in the Republic of the Philippines for such veterans residing in the Philippines.

Makes spouses of such veterans eligible for veterans' educational assistance. Makes the rate of assistance for such spouses and children residing in the United States equal to the rate for the dependents of U.S. veterans. Makes such spouses and dependents eligible for job counseling, training, and placement benefits.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that at least one member of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans is a Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout.

]]> Filipino Veterans Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Filipino Veterans Fairness Act Display Title Filipino Veterans Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits for Filipino veterans of World War II, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr170ih/xml/BILLS-109hr170ih.xml 2005-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.