H.R.5729 - Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive health care to children of Vietnam veterans born with Spina Bifida, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act as passed house.
  • Official: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive health care to children of Vietnam veterans born with Spina Bifida, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act as introduced.

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5/20/2008--Passed House amended. (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 15, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive health
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5/20/2008--Passed House amended. (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 15, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive health care coverage through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a child of a Vietnam veteran who is suffering from spina bifida. (Current law requires the Secretary to provide such child such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by the child for the spina bifida or any disability that is associated with such condition.)


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05/19/08
House approves financial relief for military personnel

-HR 5729 expanding care for children with spina bifida whose Vietnam War veteran fathers were exposed to agent orange. -HR 5826 approving an annual ...

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10/15/08
AMORTIZATION AND/OR DEDUCTION FOR START-UP EXPENDITURES

In 1979, §195 was introduced in HR 5729, 96th Cong., 1st Sess. 181. As originally introduced by the legislative body, HR 5729 pegged when a trade or business begins as “the month the trade or business starts to function as a going ...

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09/29/08
august 2008 new materials

call no: ae 1.102:d 63/4, title: making archives accessible for people with disabilities / frank h. serene. author: serene, frank h. imprint: [washington, dc : national archives and records administration, 2008?] ...

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09/24/08
bill will help disabled children of service members exposed to ...

the house approved hr 5729 on may 20, 2008. senators bayh and lugar introduced the senate companion bill in july. provisions of the legislation were then included as part of the veterans’ mental health and other care improvements act, ...

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