Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001
Latest action · Dec 21, 2001 Became Public Law No: 107-94.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 18, 2001
- Passed HouseJul 31, 2001
- Passed SenateNov 15, 2001
- To the PresidentDec 13, 2001
- Became lawDec 21, 2001Public Law 107-94
Summary
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 301 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed422–0 | Jul 31, 2001 |
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 18, 2001 to Jul 24, 2001; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-AZ | Bob Stump | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-FL | Michael Bilirakis | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| D-MS | Ronnie Shows | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-IN | Steve Buyer | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Jul 18, 2001 |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Jul 23, 2001 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jul 23, 2001 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Jul 23, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jul 24, 2001 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Jul 24, 2001 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 18, 2001Markup Jul 19, 2001Reported Jul 24, 2001 |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2001Discharged Nov 15, 2001 |
Actions 25
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2001Signed by President.
- Dec 21, 2001Became Public Law No: 107-94.
- Dec 13, 2001Presented to President.
- Dec 11, 2001Mr. Smith (NJ) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments.
- Dec 11, 2001DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2540.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Dec 18, 2001H.R. 2540, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 11, 2001</p>
- Dec 18, 2001H.R. 2540, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 11, 2001
- Jul 20, 2001H.R. 2540, Veterans Benefits Act of 2001<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 19, 2001</p>
- Jul 20, 2001H.R. 2540, Veterans Benefits Act of 2001Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 19, 2001
Amendments 2
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2149 | To propose a substitute. | John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV | Amendment SA 2149 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| SA 2150 | To amend the title. | John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV | Amendment SA 2150 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1090 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001 | Related bill | Oct 15, 2001 |
| HR 1291 | Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 | Related bill | Dec 27, 2001 |
| HR 2361 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2001 | Related bill | Jul 10, 2001 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make various improvements to veterans benefits programs under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by Senate
- An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Benefits Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Veterans Benefits Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Veterans Benefits Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative fees
- Appellate courts
- Appellate procedure
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Chronically ill
- Claims
- Clothing
- Coinsurance
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Cost of living adjustments
- Courts of special jurisdiction
- Death
- Diabetes
- Disabled
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government life insurance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Gulf War syndrome
- Health
- Housing and Community Development
- Indian housing
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legal fees
- Married people
- Medical economics
- Medical research
- Minorities
- Mortgage guaranty insurance
- Mortgage loans
- Mortgages
- Native Americans
- Pain
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sleep disorders
- Survivors' benefits
- Telephone
- Veterans' benefits
- Veterans' disability compensation
- Veterans' loans
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions
- Weight loss
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 15, 2001Engrossed Amendment Senate
- Jul 31, 2001Referred in Senate
- Jul 31, 2001Engrossed in House
- Jul 24, 2001Reported in House
- Jul 18, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
