Board of Veterans' Appeals Act of 1983
1983-05-09: Clean Bill H.R.2936 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to the preservation of disability ratings.
1983-03-03: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that for purposes of veterans' benefits total deafness shall be rated as a 100 percent disability.
1983-03-03: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Amplitude Modulated Broadcast Station Experiment Act of 1983
1983-03-01: Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a presumption that the disease of syringomyelia developing in a veteran within seven years from the veteran's discharge or release from active duty is service-connected.
1983-02-10: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum pension payable to certain hospitalized veterans from $60 to $75.
1983-02-10: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the pension program for survivors of periods of war.
1983-02-10: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
World War I Veterans Special Pension Program Act
1983-08-02: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for additional compensation for any veteran who as suffered the service-connected loss or loss of use of one lung or one kidney.
1983-02-10: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from 50 to 60 the number of associate members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals in the Veterans' Administration.
1983-04-15: Executive Comment Received From VA.
A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 relating to maps and plans of lands to be mined.
1983-02-17: Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend from one year to two years the period during which veterans with service-connected disabilities may apply for National Service Life Insurance.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to waive the one-year limitation on claims for compensation from the Veterans' Administration for disabilities and diseases incurred in or aggravated by military service in the case of claims by veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era for compensation for disabilities resulting from exposure to the phenoxy herbicide known as "Agent Orange" or other phenoxy herbicides.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for the Veterans' Administration clothing allowance to certain veterans with skin disorders resulting from service-connected diseases or injuries.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend section 802 of title 38, United States Code, to increase specially adapted housing benefits for certain seriously service-connected disabled veterans.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend section 110 of title 38, United States Code, to liberalize the standard for preservation of disability evaluations for compensation purposes.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that payments made to a hospitalized incompetent veteran will not be terminated unless such veteran's estate exceeds $3,000, and for other purposes.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to assure sufficient resources to pay benefits under that Act, to increase the maximum daily benefit provided under that Act, to restore extended unemployment benefits for certain individuals, and for other purposes.
1983-02-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to permit certain eligible veterans to purchase up to $20,000 of National Service Life Insurance.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to acquire commercial life insurance because of service-connected disabilities.
1983-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.