To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans.

Bill: 115-hr-888
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2017-02-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat a notification of the death of a veteran rated totally disabled at the time of death as a claim by the veteran's surviving spouse and children for dependency and indemnity compensation benefits. The VA may not require that such spouse and children file a claim for such benefits.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 888 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2017 Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans.

1. Automatic enrollment for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans (a) In general Section 1318(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking The Secretary and inserting (1) The Secretary ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall treat a notification of the death of a veteran described in subsection (b) as a claim by the surviving spouse and children of the deceased veteran for benefits under this chapter. The Secretary may not require that such spouse and children file a claim for such benefits. . (b) Application The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to deaths of veterans occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.