Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6419
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status

Neurological disorders

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. (Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling, which ALS is, for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6419 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2018 Ms. Esty of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2018 . 2. Extension of increased dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a) Extension Section 1311(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (A) before The rate ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) A veteran whom the Secretary determines died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis shall be treated as a veteran described in subparagraph (A) without regard for how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. . (b) Applicability Subparagraph (B) of section 1311(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on or after October 1, 2018.