[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 545 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 545

To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective date for 
  certain awards of dependency and indemnity compensation made by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to survivors of veterans who died during 
           the Vietnam era or later, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2001

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective date for 
  certain awards of dependency and indemnity compensation made by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to survivors of veterans who died during 
           the Vietnam era or later, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AWARDS OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY 
              COMPENSATION MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              PURSUANT TO CHANGES IN LAW OR REGULATIONS.

    (a) Change in Retroactivity Rule.--Section 5110(g) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(g)'';
            (2) by inserting ``and except as otherwise provided in 
        paragraph (2)'' after ``5101 of this title''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Where dependency and indemnity compensation is awarded 
pursuant to any Act or administrative issue that has the effect of 
providing that a veteran who died before the date of such Act or 
administrative issue and after the beginning of the Vietnam era died 
from a service-connected disability, the effective date of such award 
shall be fixed in accordance with the facts found and without regard to 
the second sentence of paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to an award of dependency and indemnity compensation 
made before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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