HR 3733 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Veterans' Claims Continuation Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Lane Evans D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 22, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

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.

IntroducedFeb 13, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans' Claims Continuation Act - Authorizes the substitution of any of the following parties in the case of a veteran's claim for benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs when the original claimant dies while the claim is pending: (1) the surviving spouse; (2) any surviving child at least 21 years of age; (3) a surviving parent; (4) the legal representative of the deceased claimant's estate; or (5) the next of kin of the veteran. Requires: (1) the substituting party to file a substitution application or motion within one year of the original claimant's death; and (2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the estate and legal representative of the deceased claimant that the claim will be dismissed if a substitute application or motion is not filed within such time period.

Authorizes: (1) the payment of accrued benefits in the case of deaths occurring before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) the substitution of the above eligible parties in cases pending before a U.S. Circuit Court or the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2002 to Nov 14, 2002, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Feb 13, 2002
D-CA	Bob Filner		Feb 26, 2002
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		Feb 27, 2002
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Feb 27, 2002
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Mar 4, 2002
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 4, 2002
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Mar 5, 2002
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Mar 5, 2002
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 6, 2002
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Mar 6, 2002
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Mar 7, 2002
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Mar 7, 2002
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 7, 2002
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci		Mar 7, 2002
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Mar 12, 2002

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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 22, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Feb 15, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E176)
Feb 13, 2002Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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