A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the rates of disability and death pension and to increase the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for parents.
Veterans and Survivors Pension Adjustment Act - Title I: Veterans' and Survivors' Pensions - Increases the rates of pensions for war veterans with a non-service-connected disability, their surviving spouses and children, and increases the annual income limitations governing payment of such pensions.
Title II: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the parents of veterans who died in active military service.
Title III: Miscellaneous and Effective Date Provisions - Increases the monthly rate of death compensation payable to a widow or dependent parent if the payee is a patient in a nursing home or helpless or blind.
States that the effective date of this Act shall be January 1, 1978.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
checking server…
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line