PENSION BILLS BY AUTHOR Mr. Abernethy, H.R. 953, 13418 Mr. Ashbrook, H.R. 6455 Mr. Baring, H.R. 10347, 12003, 14280 Mr. Blatnik, H.R. 7294 Mr. Don Clausen, H.R. 10437, 13289 Mr. Conable, H.R. 14766 Mr. Cramer, H.R. 11877, 14694, 14695 Mr. Denton, H.R. 14131, 14133, 14134, Mr. Dole, H.R. 7903, 12123 Mr. Dorn, H.R. 5509, 5510 Mr. Dow, H.R. 15127 Mr. Langen, H.R. 12364 Mr. Laird, H.R. 12007, 12079, 13895 Mr. Pucinski, H.R. 12793, 12794, 14740 Mr. Quillen, H.R. 11604, 13939 Mr. Duncan of Tenn., H.R. 3364, 12589 Mr. Randall, H.R. 15222 Mr. Dyal, H.R. 6075 Mr. Everett, H.R. 13807, 13808 Mr. Farnum, H.R. 11886 Mr. Fino, H.R. 1694, 13593 Mr. Fisher, H.R. 15387 Mr. Gray, H.R. 3935, 8808, 11234 Mr. Gonzalez, H.R. 11394 Mr. Gurney, H.R. 11456, 12127, 12128 Mr. Halpern, H.R. 3804 Mr. Reinecke, H.R. 11978, 14907, 14908 Mr. Robison, H.R. 12271 Mr. Roncalio, H.R. 11582 Mr. Roosevelt, H.R. 1156 Mr. Roudebush, H.R. 1726, 3407, 5677, 9288, 10435 Mr. Roybal, H.R. 10276 Mr. St Germain, H.R. 11585 Mr. St. Onge, H.R. 10557, 11247 Mr. Saylor, H.R. 5683, 13595 Mr. Schisler, H.R. 13596 Mr. Schmidhauser, H.R. 8633 Mr. Hansen of Iowa, H.R. 15499, 15500, Mr. Skubitz, H.R. 11996 Mr. Smith of Calif., H.R. 13005 Mr. Trimble, H.R. 16101 PENSION BILLS BY SUBJECT BILLS PROVIDING INCREASES (RATES AND INCOME LIMITATIONS) H. R. 953, Jan. 4, 1965, Mr. Abernethy: Increases the rates under the "old" pension law for World War I veterans by 30 percent and raises the income limits from $1,400 for a single veteran to $2,400 and from $2,700 for a married veteran to $3,600. H.R. 1505, Jan. 5, 1965, Mr. Beckworth: Provides a monthly pension of $100 to all World War I veterans. H. R. 1506, Jan. 5, 1965, Mr. Beckworth: Provides pensions for World War I veterans, and their widows and children, at the same rates as those applicable to the Spanish American War. H.R. 1553, Jan. 5, 1965, Mr. Holland: Provides $100 a month pension for all World War I veterans with no income limitations. H.R. 1677, Jan. 6, 1965, Mr. Curtin: Increases by 30 percent the pension rates payable under the "old" law, and the income limits from $1,400 to $2,400 for a single veteran and from $2,700 to $3,600 for married veterans. H.R. 2970, Jan. 18, 1965, Mr. Flood: Increases by 30 percent the rates payable to World War I veterans under the old pension law and increases the income limits from $1,400 to $2,400 for single veterans and from $2,700 to $3,600 for a veteran who is married. H.R. 3364, Jan. 25, 1965, Mr. Duncan: Provides pension of $100 per mont for veterans of World War I and sets income limits of $2,400 for a single veteran and $3,600 for a married veteran, plus an additional $1,200 in the case of individuals who are receiving retirement income from public and private sources. H.R. 3407, Jan. 25, 1965, Mr. Roudebush: Provides $100 month pension for all veterans of World War I, subject to a $2,400 and $3,600 income limitation, single and married respectively, however, retirement income is disregarded in determining income eligibility, and increases such pension rate by 10 percent for veterans who served overseas during World War I. H.R. 5181, Feb. 18, 1965, Mr. Secrest: Increases. pension rates by 10 percent. H.R. 6075, Mar. 10,, 1965, Mr. Dyal: Increases the rates of pension payable to the veterans of World War I, II, and Korea on the attainment of age 65 and their widows. H.R. 6343, Mar. 16, 1965, Mr. Secrest: Increases the rates of pensions by 10 percent. H.R. 6408, Mar. 17, 1965, Mr. Secrest: Increases both the rates of pension and income limitations. H. R. 7009, Mar. 31, 1965, Mr. Teague of Tex. (by request): Increases the rates of pension payable to widows of Spanish-American War veterans to $85 a month from the existing rates of $65 and $75. H.R. 7461, Apr. 14, 1965, Mr. Carter: Increases the rates of pension payable Spanisfi-American War veterans. H.R. 8808, June 7, 1965, Mr. Gray: Increases rates of pension and income limitations for veterans and widows of veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean conflict. H.R. 9952, July 20, 1965, Mr. Moeller: Increases rates of pension to Veterans of World War I to $100 a month without income limitation. H. R. 11361, Sept. 30, 1965, Mr. Beckworth: Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 11932, Jan. 10, 1966, Mr. Teague of Tex. (by request): Increases the rate of pension to widows of World War I veterans to $75 a month. H.R. 11978, Jan. 12, 1966, Mr. Reinecke: Increases by 10 percent the income limitations. H. R. 12128, Jan. 18, 1966, Mr. Gurney: Increases both the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 12135, Jan. 18, 1966, Mr. Roberts: Increases both the rates of pension and income limitations. H. R. 12413, Jan. 31, 1966, Mr. Perkins: Increases the rates of pension payable to widows of Spanish-American War veterans to $100 a month. H. R. 12500, Feb. 2, 1966, Mr. Teague of Tex. (by request): Increases by $100 a month the basic pensions payable to paraplegics. H.R. 12794, Feb. 14, 1966, Mr. Pucinski: Increases by 30 percent rates payable to veterans of World War I under the "old" law and increases the income limitations to $2,400 for a single veteran and $3,600 for a veteran with dependents instead of existing $1,400 and $2,700. H.R. 12960, Feb. 22, 1966, Mr. Beckworh: Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 13055, Feb. 24, 1966, Mr. Madden: World War I veterans, pension of $100 a month, or $70 additional if helpless or blind or for aid and attendance, and $75 a month to widows, with income limits of $2,400 if single or $3,600 if married with dependents. H.R. 13215, Mar. 2, 1966, Mr. Teague of Tex. (by request): Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 13217, Mar. 2, 1966, Mr. Teague of Tex. (by request): Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 13595, Mar. 14, 1966, Mr. Saylor: Provide special pension payable to veterans of World War I and their widows; no income limitations. H.R. 13635, Mar. 15, 1966, Mr. Roberts: Increases the rate of pension and of income limitations. H.R. 13807, Mar. 21, 1966, Mr. Everett: Increases the rate of pension and income limitations. H.R. 13808, Mar. 21, 1966, Mr. Everett: Increases the rate of pension and income limitations. H.R. 13939, Mar. 23, 1966, Mr. Quillen: Increases the rate of pension and income limitations. H.R. 14022, Mar. 28, 1966, Mr. Miller: To provide payment of pension for World War I veterans on the same basis of those to veterans of Spanish-American War. H.R. 14107, Mar. 29, 1966, Mr. Roberts: Increase the rate of pensions and income limitations. H.R. 14131, Mar. 30, 1966, Mr. Denton: Increase the rate of pensions and income limitations. H.R. 14133, Mar. 30, 1966, Mr. Denton: Same as H.R. 14131. H.R. 14134, Mar. 30, 1966, Mr. Denton: Pay separate pension at increased rates and increase limits to World War I veterans and widows. H.R. 14143, Mar. 30, 1966, Mr. Herlong: Increases the rate of pensions payable to World War I veterans to that of Spanish-American War veterans where the veteran has been totally disabled for non-service-connected reasons for 20 years or more. H.R. 14181, Mar. 31, 1966, Mr. Callan: Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 14263, Apr. 4, 1966, Mr. Ullman: Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 14280, Apr. 5, 1966, Mr. Baring (by request): Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 14371, Apr. 6, 1966, Mr. Helstoski: Increases the rates of pension and income limitations. H.R. 14372, Apr. 6, 1966, Mr. Helstoski: Same as H.R. 14280. H.R. 14419, Apr. 7, 1966, Mr. Teague of Tex. (by request): Increases income limits to $2,400 and $3,600; removes 10-percent disability requirement if age 65; excludes 20 percent of retirement income; and increases pension rates by 10 percent for those who served overseas. H.R. 14694, Apr. 27, 1966, Mr. Cramer: Same as H.R. 13215. H.R. 14695, Apr. 27, 1966, Mr. Cramer: Same as H.R. 13217. H.R. 14740, Apr. 28, 1966, Mr. Pucinski (by request): Same as H.R. 13215. H.R. 14878, May 4, 1966, Mr. Senner: Same as H.R. 13217. H.R. 14907, May 5, 1966, Mr. Reinecke: Same as H.R. 13215. H.R. 14908, May 5, 1966, Mr. Reinecke: Same as H.R. 13217. H.R. 15073, May 16, 1966, Mr. Bob Wilson: Increases World War I widow pension to $75 monthly. H.R. 15127, May 18, 1966, Mr. Dow (by request): Same as H.R. 12500. H.R. 15186, May 23, 1966, Mr. Hosmer: Same as H.R. 11932. H.R. 15222, May 24, 1966, Mr. Randall: Similar purpose as H.R. 1506. H.R. 15397, June 1, 1966, Mr. Corman: Same as H.R. 13215. H.R. 15399, June 1, 1966, Mr. Corman: Same as H.R. 13217. H.R. 15499, June 7, 1966, Mr. Hansen of Iowa: Same as H.R. 13217. H.R. 15500, June 7, 1966, Mr. Hansen of Iowa: Same as H.R. 13215. H.R. 16246, July 14, 1966, Mr. Adair: Increases pension rates for Spanish War widows to $80 and $90 per month. H.R. 16247, July 14, 1966, Mr. Adair: Sets new income limits of $250 to $1,800 for single veterans; $500 to $3,000 for veterans with dependents and increases lowest rates by approximately 25 percent and others by 5 percent; similar benefits for widows. H.R. 16268, July 14, 1966, Mr. O'Hara of Ill.: Same as H.R. 13055. BILLS PROVIDING FOR EXCLUSIONS FROM INCOME H.R. 238, Jan. 4, 1965, Mr. Beckworth: Excludes public and private retirement payments in determining income eligibility for non-service-connected pension and eliminates spouse's income and net worth eligibility test. H.R. 1024, Jan. 4, 1965, Mr. Gilbert: Provides that workman's compensation payments shall be excluded in the computation of income in pension eligibility. H.R. 1510, Jan. 5, 1965, Mr. Beckworth: Provides that public and private retirement payments shall not be counted as income, eliminates spouse's income and net worth eligibility test, and repeals reduction of pension during hospitalization for veterans with dependents. H. R. 2067, Jan. 7, 1965, Mr. Matsunaga: Excludes public and private retirement payments; eliminates the net worth eligibility test; and repeals the requirement of pension reduction during hospitalization for veterans with dependents. H. R. 2655, Jan. 13, 1965, Mr. Secrest: Excludes for income eligibility purposes public or private retirement, annuity, endowment or similar plans or programs until the amount of payments received equals the amount of contribution. H.R. 4236, Feb. 3, 1965, Mr. Corman: Excludes for income eligibility purposes payments received under any insurance policy, workman's compensation, industrial accident law, or pension plan or program on account of disability or disabilities. H.R. 5677, Mar. 2, 1965, Mr. Roudebush: Excludes for pension eligibility purposes all amounts paid to an individual under public and private retirment, annuity, endowment, or similar type plans or programs. H.R. 5683, Mar. 2, 1965, Mr. Saylor: Same as H. R. 2655. H.R. 6410, Mar. 17, 1965, Mr. Secrest: Excludes $10,000 of private life insurance in determining pension eligibility. H.R. 6455, Mar. 18, 1965, Mr. Ashbrook: Excludes for income eligibility purposes all amounts paid under private retirement, annuity, endowment, or similar type plans or programs. H. R. 6625, Mar. 23, 1965, Mr. Fraser: Increases by 10 percent the amount of retirement, annuity, and endowment payments excluded from income for pension eligibility purposes. H.R. 7294, Apr. 8, 1965, Mr. Blatnik: Excludes payments from Railroad Retirement in determining pension eligibility. H.R. 8633, May 27, 1965, Mr. Schmidhauser: Excludes Railroad Retirement from pension eligibility determination. H.R. 11886, Jan. 10, 1966, Mr. Farnum: Excludes all public and private retirement payments for income eligibility purposes; excludes income of spouse; eliminates net worth eligibility test; repeals the reduction of pension during hospitalization. H.R. 11971, Jan. 12, 1966, Mr. King of N.Y.: Increases by 10 percent the amount of retirement, annuity, and endowment payments which may be excluded from income for determining pension eligibility. H.R. 12007, Jan. 12, 1966, Mr. Laird: Increases by 10 percent the amount of retirement, annuity, and endowment payments excludable from income for pension eligibility purposes. H.R. 12122, Jan. 13, 1966, Mr. Curtin: Provides that public and private retirement payments shall not be counted as income; income of the spouse shall be disregarded; eliminates net worth eligibility test; repeals reduction of pension during hospitalization. H.R. 12589, Feb. 7, 1966, Mr. Duncan: Disregards income of veteran's spouse where the spouse is 70 years of age or more. H.R. 12793, Feb. 14, 1966, Mr. Pucinski: Excludes Railroad Retirment from pension eligibility determination. H.R. 13202, Mar. 2, 1966, Mr. Duncan: In determining pension eligibility where the veteran is 70 or older, the income of the veteran's spouse shall not be considered. H.R. 13499, Mar. 10, 1966, Mr. Haley (by request): Excludes, for veterans who have reached age 70, all payments of any kind in determining pension eligibility. H.R. 14135, Mar. 30. 1966, Mr. Denton: Eliminates net worth eligibility tests. H.R. 14885, May 4, 1966, Mr. Kastenmeier: Increases by 10 percent the amount of retirement, annuity payments, et cetera, which may be excluded from income for determining pension eligibility. H.R. 15398, June 1, 1966, Mr. Corman: Presumes no income for all veterans age 72 or more. H.R. 15501, June 7, 1966, Mr. Hansen of Iowa: Same as H. R. 15398. BILLS PROVIDING INCOME LIMITATION INCREASES H. R. 1156, Jan. 4, 1965, Mr. Roosevelt: Provides 20-percent increases in income limitations. H.R. 9978, July 21, 1965, Mr. O'Neill: Removes income limitations for all pensioners who are over 70 years of age. H.R. 10347, Aug. 10, 1965, Mr. Baring (by request): Removes income limitations for veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart Medal. H.R. 12123, Jan. 18, 1966, Mr. Dole: Increases by 20 percent the amount of income limitations for pension eligibility. H.R. 12127, Jan. 18, 1966, Mr. Gurney: Raises the amount of income limits applicable to pensions. H. R. 12364, Jan. 27, 1966, Mr. Langen: Increases by 10 percent the income limitations. H.R. 12427, Feb. 1, 1966, Mr. Pepper: Increases by 20 percent the income limitations. H.R. 12535, Feb. 3, 1966, Mr. Nelsen: Increases by 10 percent the income limitations. H.R. 12659, Feb. 8, 1966, Mr. Bow: Provides 20-percent increases in income limitations. H.R. 14885, May 4, 1966, Mr. Kastenmeier: Increases by $600 the income limitations. SOCIAL SECURITY EXCLUSION OR WAIVER H.R. 4535, Feb. 8, 1965, Mrs. Griffiths: Excludes social security benefits in determining income for pension eligibility purposes. H.R. 9670, July 7, 1965, Mr. Minshall: Prevents any reduction in pension as a result of increase in social security payments. H.R. 10396, Aug. 11, 1965, Mr. Duncan: Prevents loss of pension as a result of social security increases. H.R. 10435, Aug. 12, 1965, Mr. Roudebush: To waive overpayments of pension resulting from social security increase of 1965. H.R. 10436, Aug. 12, 1965, Mr. Adair: Same as H.R. 10435. H.R. 10437, Aug. 12, 1965, Mr. Don H. Clausen: Same as H.R. 10435. H.R. 10557, Aug. 19, 1965, Mr. St. Onge: Protects any veteran against the loss of pension as a result of social security increase of 1965. H.R. 10930, Sept. 9, 1965, Mr. Hosmer: Prevents loss of pension as a result of social security increase of 1965. H.R. 11234, Sept. 23, 1965, Mr. Gray: Same as H.R. 10930. H.R. 11247, Sept. 23, 1965, Mr. Schmidhauser: Same as H.R. 10930. H.R. 11327, Sept. 29, 1965, Mr. Jones of Mo.: Provides for waiving of certain social security benefits and not counting as income that amount so waived. H.R. 11394, Sept. 30, 1965, Mr. Gonzalez: Permits social security payments to be waived and not counted as income. H.R. 11456, Oct. 6, 1965, Mr. Gurney: Same as H.R. 11394. Also waives 1965 pension overpayments resulting from social security increases. H.R. 11457, Oct. 6, 1965, Mr. McVicker: Same as H.R. 11394. H.R. 11585, Oct. 13, 1965, Mr. St Germain: Provides social security benefits may be waived and not counted as income. H.R. 11601, Oct. 14, 1965, Mr. Fogarty: Same as H.R. 11585. H.R. 11874, Jan. 10, 1966, Mr. Craley: Provides social security payments shall not be included as income to determine pension elegibility. H.R. 11877, Jan. 10, 1966, Mr. Cramer: Permits waiver of retirement and annuity payments under programs administered by the Federal Government and waiver of certain overpayments of pensions resulting from social security amendments of 1965. H.R. 11897, Jan. 10, 1966, Mr. Horton: Restores pensions which had been reduced or eliminated because of increases of social security benefits. H.R. 11996, Jan. 12, 1966, Mr. Skubitz: Permits the waiver of certain retirement or annuity payments under programs administered by the Federal Government for pension eligibility. H.R. 12003, Jan. 12, 1966, Mr. Baring: Provides exclusion of social security in determining pension eligibility. H.R. 12041, Jan. 13, 1966, Mr. Harvey: Provides that monthly social security payments shall not be included as income. H.R. 12079, Jan. 17, 1966, Mr. Laird (by request): Same as H.R. 12041. H.R. 12080, Jan. 17, 1966, Mr. Nedzi: Protects veteran against the loss of pension as the result of social security increase of 1965. H.R. 12203, Jan. 20, 1966, Mrs. Bolton: Restores pensions which have been reduced because of increase of social security. H.R. 12233, Jan. 20, 1966, Mr. Goodell: Protects the veteran against the loss of pension because of social security increase of 1965. H.R. 12271, Jan. 24, 1966, Mr. Robison: Same as H.R. 12233. H.R. 12426, Feb. 1, 1966, Mr. Morrison: Would permit disregarding of social security increase of 1965 in computing income elgibility. |