President signs veterans' bill.A wide-ranging veterans' benefits Throughout history war veterans have received compensation. Roman soldiers were given rewards at the end of their service including cash or land (praemia). Augustus fixed the amount in AD 5 at 3000 denarii and by the time of Caracalla it had risen to 5000 denarii. [1] bill that was supposed to have been completed last year has been sent to President Bush and signed into law. The Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 expands a number of programs and benefits, such as adaptive housing grants for severely disabled veterans and broadens the list of diseases presumed to be related to a veteran's experience as a prisoner of war PRISONER OF WAR. One who has been captured while fighting under the banner of some state. He is a prisoner, although never confined in a prison. 2. In modern times, prisoners are treated with more humanity than formerly; the individual captor has now no . Work on the original bill was delayed after it passed the Senate last September because of a dispute over the inclusion of an unrelated VA information technology bill, which was a priority for House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Steve Buyer Stephen Earle Buyer (born November 26 1958) has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993 for Indiana's At-large congressional district. (R-Ind.). In the interim, portions of the original benefits package sponsored by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman were split off and cleared, then repackaged to include a number of bills from the House and Senate. Changes to the measure then had to be renegotiated and passed by both chambers. As part of the compromise, the information technology provisions were removed, clearing the way for final approval. The benefits measure creates a five-year pilot program to provide adaptive housing grants of up to $14,000 to disabled veterans temporarily living with their families. Grants could be used for modifications such as building wheelchair ramps or installing bathroom grab bars. The bill expands the list of diseases presumed under law to be related to a veteran's experience as a prisoner of war to include atherosclerotic heart disease atherosclerotic heart disease Cardiology A general term for the progressive narrowing and hardening of coronary arteries, due to atheroma deposition which, with time undergo calcification and ulceration Risk of progression ↑ Cholesterol, HTN, smoking, DM, , hypertensive hypertensive /hy·per·ten·sive/ (-ten´siv) 1. characterized by increased tension or pressure. 2. an agent that causes hypertension. 3. a person with hypertension. vascular disease, complications from those two diseases, stroke and complications from a stroke. Among other provisions, the measure extends the Homeless Veterans Reintegration reintegration /re·in·te·gra·tion/ (-in-te-gra´shun) 1. biological integration after a state of disruption. 2. restoration of harmonious mental function after disintegration of the personality in mental illness. Program through 2009, with an annual authorization of $50 million. It also extends free Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, or SGLI, is a heavily subsidized life insurance product available to active members of the United States Armed Forces, including ready reservists, commissioned members of NOAA and the Public Health Service, cadets and midshipmen in one coverage for totally disabled veterans to two years after they leave the military. That expanded post-separation coverage would run through September 2011, then be reduced to 18 months. |
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