To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that amounts received by a veteran in a legal settlement with the Department of Veterans Affairs for injuries arising from the negligence of the Department shall be excluded from determinations with respect to annual income for purposes of programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that are income-based.

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

19 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 14 Democrats

5 of 19 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.

Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Rick Boucher (D-VA), James Clyburn (D-SC), Barbara-Rose Collins (D-MI), Lane Evans (D-IL), Hamilton Fish (R-NY), Martin Frost (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Peter King (R-NY), Mike Kopetski (D-OR), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), John McHugh (R-NY), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Bill Sarpalius (D-TX), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Floyd Spence (R-SC), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 103rd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Hochbrueckner.

• H.J.Res. 92 (103rd) Designating the weeks beginning June 6, 1993, and June 5, 1994, as "Lyme Disease Awareness Week".
• H.R. 2292 (103rd) Executive Composting Act
• H.R. 1509 (103rd) Prevailing Wage Rate Adjustment Reform Act of 1993
• H.R. 1821 (103rd) Recyclable Materials Technology and Markets Development Act
• H.R. 1820 (103rd) Tire Recycling Promotion Act
• H.R. 2017 (103rd) Solid Waste Incinerator Ash Testing Act of 1993

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-1 district