H.R. 1047 · 102nd Congress · enacted
Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991
Became Public Law No: 102-86.
Latest official action 1991-08-14 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991 - Title I: Compensation and Pension Programs - Increases from $60 to $90 the maximum monthly pension payable to a veteran with no dependents who is readmitted within six months of previous care to a Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) nursing home or domiciliary care facility for further treatment lasting more than one month. Allows the payment of parents dependency and indemnity compensation less frequently than monthly if the amount of the annual benefits is less than four percent of the maximum annual rate payable. Prohibits a readjustment in the rating schedule from causing a veteran's compensation amount to be reduced unless an improvement in the veteran's disability is shown to have occurred. Makes the presumptive period (the period after service in a radiation-risk activity during which a disease must become manifest in order to be considered service-connected and, therefore, compensable as disability compensation) for leukemia 40 years (currently, 30). Creates a 40-year presumptive period for members of the reserves who were exposed to atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device during active duty or inactive duty for training and who contract specified diseases or illnesses within such period. Title II: Life Insurance Programs - Increases from one to two years the period after discharge or release from duty du…
Congressional Research Service · 1991-07-25
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
21 of 21 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.