H.R.1986: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective date for discontinuance of compensation and pension paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall be the date on which the recipient dies, rather than the last day of the preceding month, in the case of a veteran with a surviving spouse, and for other purposes.

Bill Cosponsors

43 (20 Democrats, 23 Republicans)

• Jim Bacchus (D-Fla.)
• Richard Hugh Baker (R-La.)
• Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.)
• Corrine Brown (D-Fla.)
• Jerry F. Costello (D-Ill.)
• Philip M. Crane (R-Ill.)
• Pat Danner (D-Mo.)
• Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)
• Robert K. Dornan (R-Calif.)
• Vernon J. Ehlers (R-Mich.)
• Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
• Hamilton Fish Jr. (R-N.Y.)
• Martin Frost (D-Texas)
• Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.)
• George W. Gekas (R-Pa.)
• Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)
• Melton D. Hancock (R-Mo.)
• Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
• Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.)
• Tim Holden (D-Pa.)
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)
• Harry A. Johnston (D-Fla.)
• Peter T. King (R-N.Y.)
• David A. Levy (R-N.Y.)
• Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)
• Donald Manzullo (R-Ill.)
• Dan Miller (R-Fla.)
• George Miller (D-Calif.)
• Constance A. Morella (R-Md.)
• Stephen Lybrook Neal (D-N.C.)
• Mike Parker (R-Miss.)
• Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.)
• Douglas Brian Peterson (D-Fla.)
• Tom Petri (R-Wis.)
• Carlos Romero-Barcelo (D-Puerto Rico)
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
• E. Clay Shaw (R-Fla.)
• Floyd Spence (R-S.C.)
• Karen L. Thurman (D-Fla.)
• Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
• James T. Walsh (R-N.Y.)
• Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.)
• C. W. Bill Young (R-Fla.)

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