PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Became Public Law No: 103-452.
Congressional Research Service
Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Jun 8, 1994
Veterans Benefits and Services Amendments of 1994 - Entitles veterans who have repaid in full a previous home loan guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to another home loan, whether or not the property securing the first loan has been sold or otherwise disposed of. (Current law requires such sale, even if the loan has been repaid in full.) Allows veterans to refinance an existing guaranteed loan in order to make energy efficiency improvements. Changes from August 5, 1964, to February 28, 1961, the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era for purposes of Federal veterans' benefits provisions for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam. Excludes the payment to Alaska Natives of cash, stock, land, or other interests representing dividends paid under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act from the calculation of annual income in the determination of eligibility for veterans' pensions. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the Caring Place at Loyola, Inc., an Illinois nonprofit organization, for establishing on the grounds of the Edward Hines, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Hines, Illinois, a facility for the provision of temporary accommodations for family members of severely ill children being treated at the Loyola of Chicago Medical Center.
People & committees
Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8] · D–GA
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Became Public Law No: 103-452.
Became Public Law No: 103-452.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate agreed to the House amendments to Senate amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: 10/7/94 CR S14807)
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to Senate amendments by Voice Vote.(consideration: 10/7/94 CR S14807)
Message on House action received in Senate and at the desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House agree with amendments to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H11231)
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with amendments to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection.(consideration: CR H11231)
Mr. Montgomery asked unanimous consent that the House agree with amendments to the Senate amendments.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1626 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1626 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1626 amended.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6622)
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9723-9731)
Mr. Montgomery moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 103-349.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 103-349.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Feb 7, 2024. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze H.R.3313 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine H.R.3313 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine H.R.3313 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine H.R.3313 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.