Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of 1977: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Pension of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1703, and Related Bills, June 21, 1977

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Page 126 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman) : FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 AN ACT To provide for the establishment of fair labor standards in employments in and...
Page 159 - April 20, 898, for permanent and total service-connected disability — (1) due to the loss, or loss of use, of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair, or...
Page 71 - ... disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands, or of both feet, or of one hand and one foot, or is so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance, the monthly pension shall be $150.
Page 173 - The loss or loss of use of one lower extremity together with residuals of organic disease or Injury which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without resort to a wheelchair. (c) Duplication of benefits. The assistance referred to in this section will not be available to any veteran more than once. (d) "Preclude locomotion.
Page 83 - In compliance with clause 7 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives the following statement is made relative to the effect on the revenues of this bill.
Page 72 - USC 314, by adding subsection (s) as follows: (s) If the veteran has a service-connected disability rated as total, and (1) has additional service-connected disability or disabilities Independently ratable at 60 per centum or more, or, (2) by reason of his service-connected disability or disabilities, Is permanently housebound, then the monthly compensation shall be $265. For the purpose of this subsection, the requirement of "permanently housebound...
Page 61 - Dear Mr. Chairman : Pursuant to Section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget Office has prepared the attached cost estimate for HR 1100, the Prisoner of War Health-Care Benefits Act of 1981.
Page 348 - Interior may consider a voucher necessary for the protection of the Government. Such checks shall be transmitted by mail to the payee thereof at his last known address.
Page 86 - Where any veteran has suffered (1) blindness in one eye as a result of service-connected disability and has suffered blindness in the other eye as a result of nonservlce-connected disability not the result of his own willful misconduct, or (2) has suffered the loss or loss of use of one kidney as a result of service-connected disability...
Page 344 - Pro rata amounts of additional compensation are payable where the disability is evaluated from 50 percent to 90 percent, adjusted upward or downward to the nearest dollar (counting fifty cents and over as a whole dollar) . (c) Effective date.

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