Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-1495
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-03-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act</strong></p> <p>This bill changes the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs dependency and indemnity compensation by reason of the death of a payee from the last day of the month before death to the last day of the month of death.</p> <p> A veteran's surviving spouse who receives both dependency/indemnity compensation and service- or non-service-connected disability/death payments for the month of the veteran's death shall be entitled to the greater of the two payments. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1495 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2017 Mrs. Love (for herself, Mr. Deutch , Mr. Hill , Mr. Curbelo of Florida , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Chaffetz , Mr. Yoder , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Shea-Porter , Mr. King of New York , and Mr. Zeldin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act . 2. Effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pension under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a) Determination of effective date (1) In general Paragraph (1) of section 5112(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking by reason and inserting (A) in the case of a reduction or discontinuance of compensation or pension, by reason ; (B) by inserting and after the semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) in the case of a reduction or discontinuance of dependency or indemnity compensation— (i) by reason of marriage or remarriage, shall be the last day of the month before such marriage or remarriage occurs; and (ii) by reason of the death of a payee, shall be the last day of the month during which such death occurs; . (2) Application Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of section 5112(b) of title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to a reduction or discontinuance of dependency or indemnity compensation by reason of a death, marriage, or remarriage occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Payment of benefits for month of death (1) In general Section 5310(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking The amount of the and inserting (A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), the amount of the ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) (i) If the surviving spouse of a veteran receives both payments described in clause (ii) for the month of the death of the veteran, the surviving spouse is entitled to the greater of the two payments. (ii) The payments described in this clause are the following: (I) Payment of a benefit under paragraph (1). (II) Dependency and indemnity compensation. . (2) Application The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to payments made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.