3.0.0 4219 2023-01-11T20:11:32Z 2023-01-11T20:11:32Z House H HR 2007-11-15 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2007-11-16T15:02:40Z Referred to 2007-11-15T14:07:45Z 2007-11-16 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2007-11-15 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-11-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000607 Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2] Joe Donnelly D IN 2 N U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2007-11-15 True Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Brain Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Directories Disability evaluation Disabled Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Head injuries Health Iraq Iraq compilation Medical records Middle East and North Africa Military discharges Military occupation Military operations Military pay Post-traumatic stress disorder Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Terrorism Veterans' disability compensation War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-11-15 Introduced in House 2008-04-03T20:12:02Z Immediate Benefits for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary and at the request of an eligible member of the Armed Forces who has served on active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, to assign to that member a 30% temporary disability rating upon such member's separation from the Armed Forces, or in the case of an eligible member who has received a medical diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, upon receipt of such diagnosis.

States that upon assignment of a permanent disability rating to a member who has received such temporary rating: (1) if the permanent rating exceeds 30% payments shall be made for such "temporary rating months" to equal the payments under the higher permanent rating; and (2) if the permanent rating is less than 30% the member shall not be required to repay such amounts.

States that disability compensation payments received by a member who receives such temporary disability rating are not subject to offset even though the member also receives separation or disability severance pay.

]]> Immediate Benefits for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign a temporary disability rating to certain members of the Armed Forces upon separation, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Immediate Benefits for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Immediate Benefits for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4219ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4219ih.xml 2007-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 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.