HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

74

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF H.R. 664, RELATING TO IMPROVING BENEFITS FOR FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

 

 

WHEREAS, on February 11, 2003, Representative Neil Abercrombie, along with other members, introduced H.R. 664 in the United States House of Representatives, which bill was then referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs; and

WHEREAS, H.R. 664 proposes to amend title 38 of the United States Code, to improve benefits for Filipino veterans of World War II and for the surviving spouses of those veterans; and

WHEREAS, H.R. 664 would mandate the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide hospital and nursing home care and medical services for service-connected disabilities for any Filipino World War II veteran who resides in the United States and is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident alien; and

WHEREAS, H.R. 664 would further increase the rate of payment of dependency and indemnity compensation of surviving spouses of certain Filipino veterans; and

WHEREAS, H.R. 664 would also increase the rate of payment of compensation benefits and burial benefits to certain Filipino veterans designated in title 38 United States Code section 107(b) and referred to as New Philippine Scouts; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2003, that the United States Congress is respectfully urged to support the passage of H.R. 664, to improve benefits for Filipino veterans of World War II and the surviving spouses of those veterans; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the members of Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Improve Benefits for World War II Filipino Veterans