3.0.0 1209 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z Senate S 2017-05-23 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2017-06-15T14:00:04Z Referred to 2017-05-23T21:52:05Z 2017-06-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-215. Committee 2017-05-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-05-23 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-05-23 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-05-23 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional tributes Veterans' organizations and recognition Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-10T14:54:46Z This bill increases the special monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall not make an annual pension increase for such recipients, effective December 1, 2017, if the increased monthly pension under this bill takes effect before such date. If the VA does not make the December 1, 2017 increase, however, annual increases shall resume as of December 1, 2018.

]]> A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1209is/xml/BILLS-115s1209is.xml 2017-06-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-215. 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.