3.0.0 6897 2022-02-03T05:17:41Z 2022-02-03T05:17:41Z House H HR 2008-09-15 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-15T16:32:15Z 2008-09-23 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2008-09-23 14:05:36 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-09-23 14:05:35 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 23 (Roll no. 624). (text: CR 9/22/2008 H8483) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 624 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll624.xml House 110 2008-09-23T18:05:35Z 2 2008-09-23 14:05:35 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 23 (Roll no. 624).(text: CR 9/22/2008 H8483) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 624 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll624.xml House 110 2008-09-23T18:05:35Z 2 2008-09-23 13:58:18 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8613-8614) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-22 12:44:43 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2008-09-22 12:14:49 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6897. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-22 12:14:46 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8483-8487) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-22 12:14:26 Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-09-15 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-09-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 N R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 2008-09-22 False Armed Forces and National Security Asians East Asia Government trust funds History Philippines Veterans' benefits World War II Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-09-15 Introduced in House 2008-09-23T13:13:24Z Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 - Establishes in the Treasury the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund, whose amounts shall be available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without fiscal year limitation to make payments to specified eligible persons who served: (1) before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, while in the service of the Armed Forces of the United States; or (2) in the Philippine Scouts.

Sets the payment amounts at $15,000 for U.S. citizens and $9,000 for non-U.S. citizens.

]]> 36 2008-09-23 Passed House amended 2008-11-17T22:00:45Z Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 - Establishes in the Treasury the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund, whose amounts shall be available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs without fiscal year limitation to make payments to specified eligible persons who served: (1) before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, while in the service of the Armed Forces of the United States; or (2) in the Philippine Scouts.

Sets the payment amounts at $15,000 for U.S. citizens and $9,000 for non-U.S. citizens. States that acceptance of such payment shall constitute a release of any claim against the United States for such service.

Requires the Secretary to include information concerning compensation fund operation within annual budget documents submitted to Congress.

Authorizes appropriations.

]]> Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 Short Titles as Passed House Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 H House Display Title Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain payments to eligible persons who served in the Philippines during World War II. Engrossed in House 2008-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6897eh/xml/BILLS-110hr6897eh.xml Received in Senate 2008-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6897rds/xml/BILLS-110hr6897rds.xml Introduced in House 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6897ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6897ih.xml 2008-09-23 Received in the Senate. 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.