HR 923 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 3, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Alcee L. Hastings D-FL

Latest action · Jul 22, 2011 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

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 3, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011 - Excludes from annual income, for purposes of eligibility for pensions for veterans and their surviving spouses and children, reimbursements resulting from: (1) any accident; (2) any theft or loss; (3) any casualty loss; (4) medical expenses resulting from any such accident, theft, or loss; and (5) pain and suffering (including insurance settlement payments and general damages awarded by a court) related to such accident, theft, or loss.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2011 to Sep 21, 2011; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Mar 3, 2011
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Original	Mar 3, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 3, 2011
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Mar 3, 2011
R-FL	John L. Mica	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz	Original	Mar 3, 2011
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Mar 3, 2011
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Mar 10, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Mar 10, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Mar 10, 2011
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Mar 10, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 30, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 30, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Mar 30, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Mar 30, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		Apr 7, 2011
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Apr 7, 2011
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Apr 7, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		May 26, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		May 26, 2011
D-WI	Gwen Moore		May 26, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		May 26, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		May 26, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jun 20, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Jun 20, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jul 6, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Jul 6, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jul 12, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jul 12, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 19, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Aug 5, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Sep 14, 2011
R-FL	David Rivera		Sep 21, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Sep 21, 2011

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 Mar 3, 2011
	Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Apr 1, 2011Hearings Jul 7, 2011Markup Jul 22, 2011Reported Jul 22, 2011

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 22, 2011Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 22, 2011Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Jul 7, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 1, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mar 3, 2011Introduced in House

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In the Congressional Record 1

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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E416	Alcee L. Hastings D-FL	Mar 3, 2011

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1577.

Printed hearings 1

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. 112-22	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 923, H.R. 1025, H.R. 1826, H.R. 1898, AND H.R. 234965 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Jul 7, 2011

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 780	Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011	Identical bill	Jun 8, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of veterans, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 3, 2011Introduced in House

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