To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from two years to one year the period of time that a surviving spouse must have been married to a veteran who dies while in receipt of compensation for a service- connected disability in order for the surviving spouse to be eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats

2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob McEwen (R-OH), G. Montgomery (D-MS), Mike Parker (R-MS), Bob Stump (R-AZ).

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Douglas Applegate.

• H.R. 435 (101st) To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Columbiana County, Ohio, as part of the Appalachian region.
• H.R. 1335 (101st) Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1989
• H.R. 1334 (101st) To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove a limitation relating to the payment of pension to veterans furnished hospital care by…
• H.R. 5326 (101st) Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1990
• H.J.Res. 94 (101st) Designating April 9, 1989, as "National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day".
• H.J.Res. 364 (101st) Designating April 9, 1990, as "National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day".

Sponsor’s state and district

Ohio in Congress