A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to laws relating to the payment of certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that are affected by death, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-5545
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2024-12-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-12-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill modifies the effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of a Department of Veterans Affairs pension under an existing rating or decision in cases where the payee has died. Specifically, the bill provides that the effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of a pension that is under an existing rating or decision must be the last day of the month in which the death of the payee occurs.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5545 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Kim ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to laws relating to the payment of certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that are affected by death, and for other purposes.

1. Payment by Secretary of Veterans Affairs of certain benefits affected by death (a) Effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pension under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1) In general Section 5112(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting (except in the case of a pension under an existing rating or decision), after death of a payee ; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), respectively; and (C) by inserting, after paragraph (2), the following new paragraph (3): (3) by reason of death of a payee in the case of a pension under an existing rating or decision, shall be the last day of the month in which such death occurs; . (2) Conforming amendment Section 1832(b)(4) of such title is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (6), (9), and (10) and inserting paragraphs (1), (7), (10), and (11) . (b) Payment of benefits for month of death Section 5310(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting , or in the case of a payment for the month of the death of a payee under section 5112(b)(2) of this title, before an amount equal . (c) Effective date The amendments to title 38, United States Code, made by this section shall apply with respect to a payment of a benefit affected by a death that occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.