H.R. 797 - To Amend Title 38, United States Code, to Improve Compensation Benefits for Veterans in Certain Cases of Impairment of Vision in
- Sponsor:
- Tammy Baldwin
- Summary:
- An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve low-vision benefits matters, matters relating to burial and memorial affairs, and other matters under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has become law.
PASSED on March 21, 2007.
2/3 required to pass
voted YES: 424
voted NO: 0
9 voted present/not voting
To Amend Title 38, United States Code, to Improve Compensation Benefits for Veterans in Certain Cases of Impairment of Vision in
H.R. 797 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve low-vision benefits matters, matters relating to burial and memorial affairs, and other matters under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act
- Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act
- Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act
- Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act of 2007
- Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, to provide for the use of the National Directory of New Hires for income verification purposes, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide an educational assistance allowance for qualifying work study activities, and to authorize the provision of bronze representations of the letter "V" for the graves of eligible individuals buried in private cemeteries in lieu of Government-provided headstones or markers.
- An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve low-vision benefits matters, matters relating to burial and memorial affairs, and other matters under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Tammy Baldwin
- Co-Sponsors
- Gwen Moore
- Jeff Miller
- Madeleine Bordallo
- Bob Filner
- Zachary Space
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Silvestre Reyes
- George Butterfield
- Artur Davis
- Walter Jones
- Tim Holden
- Christopher Carney
- Solomon Ortiz
- Robert Wexler
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- Clifford Stearns
- Thaddeus McCotter
- John Boozman
- Michael Michaud
- Jerry McNerney
- Timothy Walz
- F. Sensenbrenner
- Diana DeGette
- Gus Bilirakis
- Rush Holt
- Tim Murphy
- Charles Gonzalez
- James McDermott
- Chaka Fattah
- Donald Payne
- Collin Peterson
- Doris Matsui
- John Kline
- Corrine Brown
- Henry Johnson
- John Yarmuth
- Betty McCollum
- Barney Frank
- Steve Kagen
- John Hall
- Phil Hare
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Janice Schakowsky
- Marcy Kaptur
- Stephen Buyer
- Mazie Hirono
- Vern Buchanan
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Steve Cohen
- Richard Baker
- Brian Higgins
- Robert Brady
- Eddie Johnson
- John Murtha
- Elijah Cummings
- Paul Ryan
- Ronald Kind
- Shelley Berkley
- Luis Gutiérrez
- Michael Doyle
- Doug Lamborn
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Donald Manzullo
- Julia Carson
- Subjects
- Veterans
- Administrative remedies
- Armed forces
- Blind
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Commemorations
- Data banks
- Defense policy
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Directories
- Disabled
- Education
- Employment
- Executive departments
- Eye diseases
- Government information
- Government paperwork
- Higher education
- Labor
- Law
- Medical care
- Medicine
- Military cemeteries and funerals
- Monuments and memorials
- Pensions
- Signs and symbols
- Student employment
- Survivors' benefits
- Technology
- Veterans' disability compensation
- Veterans' education
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions
- Related Bills
- H.Res. 855 (110th) : Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007
- H.Res. 855 (110th) : Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007
- S. 1163 (110th) : Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act of 2007
- S. 1163 (110th) : Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act of 2007
- S. 1163 (110th) : Blinded Veterans Paired Organ Act of 2007
- Major Actions
Introduced 2/05/2007 Referred to Committee Passed House 3/21/2007 Passed Senate 11/02/2007 Signed by President 12/26/2007 - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result currently selected House On Passage - House - H.R. 797 Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act - Under Suspension of the Rules 3/21/2007 This bill PASSED the House 424 voted YES 0 voted NO 9 voted present/not votingselect this vote Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. 11/02/2007 PASSED by voice vote Action Date Description Introduced 2/05/2007 2/05/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 3/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 3/13/2007 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 3/13/2007 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . Put on a legislative calendar 3/15/2007 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. 3/15/2007 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 3/20/2007 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 110-57. Put on a legislative calendar 3/20/2007 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28. 3/21/2007 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 797. 3/21/2007 Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. 3/21/2007 Considered under suspension of the rules. 3/21/2007 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. 3/21/2007 Considered as unfinished business. 3/21/2007 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. currently selected House Vote on Passage 3/21/2007 On Passage - House - H.R. 797 Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act - Under Suspension of the Rules 3/22/2007 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 11/02/2007 Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. 11/02/2007 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. 11/02/2007 Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.1163 as amended. select this vote Senate Vote on Passage 11/02/2007 Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. 11/02/2007 See also S. 1163. 11/02/2007 Message on Senate action sent to the House. 12/11/2007 House agreed to Senate amendment with amendments pursuant to H. Res. 855. 12/12/2007 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendment. 12/17/2007 Senate agreed to House amendments (text and title) to Senate amendment by Unanimous Consent. 12/17/2007 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Presented to President 12/17/2007 Cleared for White House. Presented to President 12/19/2007 Presented to President. Signed 12/26/2007 Signed by President. Enacted 12/26/2007 Became Public Law No: 110-157. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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