Aid and Attendance Support Act
Summary
Aid and Attendance Support Act This bill increases the amount of specified Department of Veterans Affairs benefit payments for veterans (or their survivors) who require aid at home or are in nursing homes. Specifically, the bill increases such benefits by 25% until 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 4, 2021
Last action Feb 4, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
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Committee
1
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Colin Z. Allred
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
Co
Jimmy Panetta
DDemocratic
Co
Steven Horsford
DDemocratic
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