Veteran Disability Rating Parity Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 11, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veteran Disability Rating Parity Act
This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to treat service-connected disability rated and certified as total by the Department of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of the OASDI (including child's, widow's, and widower's benefits) and SSI programs.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Sep 11, 2015Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
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- Sep 11, 2015Introduced in House
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