To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective date for discontinuance of compensation and pension paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall be the date on which the recipient dies, rather than the last day of the preceding month, in the case of a veteran with a surviving spouse, and for other purposes.

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

127 cosponsors — 63 Republicans, 62 Democrats, 2 independents

66 of 127 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Bill Baker (R-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Peter Blute (R-MA), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunn (R-OR), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dick Chrysler (R-MI), Bob Clement (D-TN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Wes Cooley (R-OR), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Pat Danner (D-MO), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS) and 97 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Bilirakis.

• H.R. 1872 (104th) Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1995
• H.R. 3070 (104th) Health Coverage Availability and Affordability Act of 1996
• H.R. 103 (104th) To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund be excluded from the budget of the…
• H.R. 65 (104th) Military Retirement Equity Act of 1995
• H.R. 303 (104th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have service-connected disabilities to receive…
• H.R. 104 (104th) Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1995

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-9 district