S 848 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2007

Introduced Mar 13, 2007 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

IntroducedMar 13, 2007
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2007 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions with respect to former prisoners of war (POW) to repeal the currently required 30-day minimum period of internment prior to the presumption of service connection for certain listed diseases, for purposes of the payment of veterans' disability compensation. Adds the following diseases to the above listed diseases: diabetes (type 2) and osteoporosis. Requires: (1) such presumption also with respect to any disease that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines warrants such presumption by reason of having a positive association with the experience of being a prisoner of war; and (2) the Secretary to make such a determination within 60 days after a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War that such presumption be established for a non-listed disease.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2007 to May 8, 2007.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		May 1, 2007
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		May 8, 2007

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1197	Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2007	Identical bill	Jun 12, 2008

Subjects

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

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Mar 13, 2007Introduced in Senate

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