To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.
Latest action · Jun 19, 2007 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2007 to Jun 28, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Phil English | Jan 29, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 5, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 5, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Feb 5, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Feb 5, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 6, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 15, 2007 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 17, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | May 16, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | May 16, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jun 18, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Jun 28, 2007 |
Committees 1
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 Jan 4, 2007 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 2, 2007Hearings Jun 19, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2007Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-92 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1197, H.R. 3008, H.R. 3795, H.R. 4274, H.R. 5155, H.R. 5448, H.R. 5454, H.R. 5709, H.R. 5954, H.R. 5985, AND H.R. 6032135 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-40 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 674, H.R. 1273, H.R. 1900, H.R. 1901, H.R. 2346, H.R. 2696, AND H.R. 269749 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-28 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 156, H.R. 585, AND H.R. 70456 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 19, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced 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.
