A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide increased awards of service-connected compensation to certain blinded veterans who are suffering from additional hearing disabilities.

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• S. 1388An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of compensation for disabled veterans and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors; to express the sense of the Congress that increases in the rates of compensation should take effect on December 1 beginning in fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.

  1984-03-02Became Public Law No: 98-223.

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• H.R. 2187A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of compensation payable to certain blinded veterans who are suffering from additional hearing disabilities.

  1983-03-17Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Legislative Actions

1. 1983-05-02

   Introduced in Senate

2. 1983-05-02

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

3. 1983-05-05

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.

4. 1983-06-08

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-626.

5. 1983-07-21

   Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1388 ordered to be reported.