Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 2482, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7696, TO PROVIDE EQUITY IN THE BENEFITS FOR SENIOR MILITARY VETERANS | |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: Section 5 (h) of Republic Act No. 6948, as amended by Republic Act No. 7696, provides that upon reaching seventy (70) years of age, a veteran/retiree , with or without any service connected disability, shall be considered a totally disabled veteran. The clear intention is to provide an additional benefit to a veteran/retiree upon his reaching seventy (70) years of age. > This provision places a disabled veteran/retiree with actual service connected disability rating at a disadvantagein relation to a veteran who has no service connected ability.> The amending of this provision will remove the inequity by clearly providing that each veteran/retiree upon reaching the age of seventy (70), shall receive the administrative disabilityy pension in addition to his service connected disability pension he is presently receiving. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DUMPIT, TOMAS M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-08-16 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Del Mar (017 ) | 2. Espino (035 ) |
| 3. Syjuco (015 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERAN'S AFFAIRS ON 2001-08-22 |
Abstract
Rationale: Section 5 (h) of Republic Act No. 6948, as amended by Republic Act No. 7696, provides that upon reaching seventy (70) years of age, a veteran/retiree , with or without any service connected disability, shall be considered a totally disabled veteran. The clear intention is to provide an additional benefit to a veteran/retiree upon his reaching seventy (70) years of age. > This provision places a disabled veteran/retiree with actual service connected disability rating at a disadvantagein relation to a veteran who has no service connected ability.> The amending of this provision will remove the inequity by clearly providing that each veteran/retiree upon reaching the age of seventy (70), shall receive the administrative disabilityy pension in addition to his service connected disability pension he is presently receiving.
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