A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the veterans' home loan program.
Veterans Benefits and Services Amendments of 1994 - Entitles veterans who have repaid in full a previous home loan guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to another home loan, whether or not the property securing the first loan has been sold or otherwise disposed of. (Current law requires such sale, even if the loan has been repaid in full.)
Allows veterans to refinance an existing guaranteed loan in order to make energy efficiency improvements.
Changes from August 5, 1964, to February 28, 1961, the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era for purposes of Federal veterans' benefits provisions for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam.
Excludes the payment to Alaska Natives of cash, stock, land, or other interests representing dividends paid under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act from the calculation of annual income in the determination of eligibility for veterans' pensions.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the Caring Place at Loyola, Inc., an Illinois nonprofit organization, for establishing on the grounds of the Edward Hines, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hines, Illinois, a facility for the provision of temporary accommodations for family members of severely ill children being treated at the Loyola of Chicago Medical Center.
Became Public Law No: 103-452.
Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1626 ordered to be reported.
Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1626 ordered to be reported.
Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1626 ordered to be reported.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15106)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.
Committee on Veterans. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Veterans incorporated provisions of related measures S. 677, S. 792, S. 1958 in reported measure.
Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 103-267.
Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 103-267.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 3313 as an amendment.
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 3313 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6618-6622)
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Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.