H.R.2813: To ensure that payments during fiscal year 1996 of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans, and of other veterans benefits, and payments to Department of Veterans Affairs contractors providing services directly related to patient health and safety, are made regardless of Government financial shortfalls.

Bill Cosponsors

83 (19 Democrats, 64 Republicans)

• Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.)
• Bill Baker (R-Calif.)
• Cass Ballenger (R-N.C.)
• Bob Barr (R-Ga.)
• Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.)
• Corrine Brown (D-Fla.)
• Jim Bunn (R-Ore.)
• Steve Buyer (R-Ind.)
• Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)
• Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
• Wes Cooley (R-Ore.)
• Randy 'Duke' Cunningham (R-Calif.)
• Pat Danner (D-Mo.)
• Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.)
• Nathan Deal (R-Ga.)
• Ronald V. Dellums (D-Calif.)
• Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)
• Jay Dickey (R-Ark.)
• Norman D. Dicks (D-Wash.)
• Robert K. Dornan (R-Calif.)
• Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)
• John J. Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.)
• Jennifer B. Dunn (R-Wash.)
• Chet Edwards (D-Texas)
• Vernon J. Ehlers (R-Mich.)
• Robert L. Ehrlich (R-Md.)
• Bill Emerson (R-Mo.)
• Phil English (R-Pa.)
• Terry Everett (R-Ala.)
• Thomas W. Ewing (R-Ill.)
• Michael P. Flanagan (R-Ill.)
• Jon D. Fox (R-Pa.)
• Tony P. Hall (D-Ohio)
• Melton D. Hancock (R-Mo.)
• Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
• James A. Hayes (R-La.)
• John D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.)
• Joel Hefley (R-Colo.)
• Fred Heineman (R-N.C.)
• Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.)
• Stephen Horn (R-Calif.)
• Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.)
• Ray H. LaHood (R-Ill.)
• Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)
• Steve Largent (R-Okla.)
• Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio)
• Gregory H. Laughlin (R-Texas)
• Rick Lazio (R-N.Y.)
• John Linder (R-Ga.)
• Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)
• William J. Martini (R-N.J.)
• Frank Mascara (D-Pa.)
• Bill McCollum (R-Fla.)
• Jim O. McCrery (R-La.)
• Joseph M. McDade (R-Pa.)
• John M. McHugh (R-N.Y.)
• Scott McInnis (R-Colo.)
• David M. McIntosh (R-Ind.)
• Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)
• Jack Metcalf (R-Wash.)
• John L. Mica (R-Fla.)
• Sonny Montgomery (D-Miss.)
• George R. Nethercutt (R-Wash.)
• Mark W. Neumann (R-Wis.)
• Robert William Ney (R-Ohio)
• Charles W. Norwood (R-Ga.)
• Ron Packard (R-Calif.)
• Mike Parker (R-Miss.)
• Jack Quinn (R-N.Y.)
• Frank Riggs (R-Calif.)
• Dan Schaefer (R-Colo.)
• Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)
• Floyd Spence (R-S.C.)
• Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)
• Bob Stump (R-Ariz.)
• John Tanner (D-Tenn.)
• Charles H. Taylor (R-N.C.)
• Frank Tejeda (D-Texas)
• William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)
• Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
• James A. Traficant Jr. (D-Ohio)
• David J. Weldon (R-Fla.)
• Gerald C. Weller (R-Ill.)