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HR 4968 102th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Annuities Military pensions Survivors' benefits Veterans' pensions

To provide a minimum survivor annuity for the unremarried surviving spouses of retired members of the Armed Forces who died before March 21, 1974.

Introduced: April 9, 1992 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Apr 16, 1992
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 9, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 9, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay a monthly annuity to the unremarried surviving spouse of each member of the armed forces who: (1) died before March 21, 1974; and (2) was entitled to retired or retainer pay on the date of death. Provides the annuity amount, with a reduction by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation to which the surviving spouse is entitled. Provides that such annuity is in addition to any pension to which the surviving spouse is entitled under Federal veterans' benefits provisions.

What's happening now April 16, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4968: To provide a minimum survivor annuity for the unremarried surviving spouses of retired members of the Armed Forces who died before March 21, 1974.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4968/
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"H.R. 4968: To provide a minimum survivor annuity for the unremarried surviving spouses of retired members of the Armed Forces who died before March 21, 1974.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4968/.
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H.R. 4968, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4968/.
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