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Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1991
Public Law 102-3 · H.R. 3 · 102nd Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Feb 6, 1991 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Sonny Montgomery (D-MS-3)
Cosponsors (311): Rep. Robert Stump, Rep. Don Edwards,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 421 yea, 0 nay421–0
- SenateRecorded vote: 99 yea, 0 nay99–0
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1991 - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for veterans' dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children; and (5) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for disabled adult children. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjust administratively the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 421 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
421 yea0 nay13 present or did not vote
Dimension 2
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative
Democrats who voted yea(256)
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
- Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
- Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-29- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11- Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-13
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-18
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
- Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7- Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
- Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
- Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
- Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
- Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7- Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4- Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2- Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
- Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
- Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
- Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
- Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17- Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
- Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30- Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
- Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
- Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3- Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1- Rep. John CoxD-IL-16
- Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
- Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
- Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
- Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Joan HornD-MO-2
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6- Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
- Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
- Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
- Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
- Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. James BacchusD-FL-11
- Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-17
- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
- Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
- Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
- Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
- Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1- Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-3- Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND- Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4- Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
- Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
- Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
- Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
- Rep. Charles LukenD-OH-1
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
- Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
- Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
- Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
- Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
- Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
- Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
- Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. William OrtonD-UT-3
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
- Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
- Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(165)
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
- Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
- Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
- Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27- Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
- Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
- Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-14
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
- Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18- Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13- Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
- Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
- Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4- Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
- Rep. Frank RiggsR-CA-1
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
- Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-12
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-10- Rep. Rick SantorumR-PA-18
- Rep. Richard ZimmerR-NJ-12
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
- Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
- Rep. Craig JamesR-FL-4
- Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
- Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21- Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
- Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
- Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
- Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
- Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. Richard NicholsR-KS-5
- Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
- Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
- Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-13
- Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
- Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
- Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-44
- Rep. Craig ThomasR-WY
- Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
- Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-2
- Rep. William ZeliffR-NH-1
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
- Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
- Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
- Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
- Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
- Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
- Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-40
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6- Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2- Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
- Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
- Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
- Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-14
Rep. Wayne AllardR-CO-4
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-42- Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6- Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
- Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26
- Rep. Mel HancockR-MO-7
- Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 13 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 11 actions.
- Feb 6, 1991Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-3.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jan 25, 1991PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Jan 24, 1991FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 99-0. Record Vote No: 5.Senate roll call 5
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Jan 23, 1991FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 0 (Roll no. 14).House roll call 14
- Jan 22, 1991FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule I, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed until Jan. 23.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Montgomery moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 3, 1991CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.