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        <text>Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.</text>
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        <text>Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S246)</text>
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        <fullName>Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to Donald C. Pence in compensation for the failure of the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay dependency and indemnity compensation for a specified period to his now deceased mother.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>A bill for the relief of Donald C. Pence.</title>
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        <title>A bill for the relief of Donald C. Pence.</title>
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