To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.

Amends veterans' benefit provisions to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of veterans rated totally disabled at the time of death who were former prisoners of war (currently, to the survivors of such veterans who died after September 30, 1999).

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2344 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2344

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of 
   dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former 
 prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the 
   same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and 
indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who 
                          die after that date.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2005

Mr. Holden (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Foley, Mrs. Davis 
  of California, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Towns, Mr. Bishop of 
   Georgia, Mr. Owens, Mr. Reyes, and Mrs. McCarthy) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of 
   dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former 
 prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the 
   same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and 
indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who 
                          die after that date.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1318(b)(3) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``who died 
after September 30, 1999,''
                                 <all>