HR 3207 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013

Introduced Sep 27, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Luis V. Gutierrez D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 14, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 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.

  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013 - Provides that, with respect to eligibility for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of Filipino veterans who are lawful U.S. residents, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not determine that such a person is not an individual residing in the United States solely because the person is outside the United States for any period of less than one year.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2013 to Jan 9, 2014, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-ILWilliam L. EnyartOriginalSep 27, 2013
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaSep 28, 2013
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskySep 28, 2013
D-ILBill FosterOct 8, 2013
D-CAGloria Negrete McLeodOct 8, 2013
D-ILBobby L. RushOct 23, 2013
Show all 18 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 14, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  2. Sep 27, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Sep 27, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1559Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013Identical billOct 30, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Sep 27, 2013Introduced in House

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