PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Became Private Law No: 106-17.
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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 13, 1999
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to a named individual in compensation for the erroneous underpayment to her husband of compensation and other benefits relating to a service-connected disability incurred by him during military service in World War II.
People & committees
Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D–SD
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Became Private Law No: 106-17.
Became Private Law No: 106-17.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H11360-11361)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H11360-11361)
Considered from the Private Calendar. (consideration: CR H11360-11361)
Called up from the Private Calendar for consideration.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Private Calendar, Calendar No. 22.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-959.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 106-959.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9543; text: CR S9543)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9543; text: CR S9543)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 824.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
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