Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-8559
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2020-10-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act</b></p> <p>This bill adjusts the amount that the Department of Veterans Affairs pays to surviving spouses and children of veterans who were rated as totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill authorizes the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses who remarry after the age of 55.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8559 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 9, 2020 Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Wild , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Kilmer , and Mr. Cox of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act . 2. Modification of requirements for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death Section 1318 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking The Secretary and inserting (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) In any case in which the Secretary makes a payment under paragraph (1) of this subsection by reason of subsection (b)(1) of this section and the period of continuous rating immediately preceding death is less than 10 years, the amount payable under such paragraph shall be an amount that bears the same relationship to the amount otherwise payable under such paragraph as the duration of such period bears to 10 years. ; and (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 10 or more years and inserting not less than five years . 3. Eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses who remarry after age 55 Section 103(d)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by inserting chapter 13 or after benefits under .