HR 2004
105th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Divorce
Families
Labor and Employment
Remarriage
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions
Give Surviving Spouses of Veterans a Chance to Remarry Act of 1997
Introduced: June 20, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jun 20, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 20, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Give Surviving Spouses of Veterans a Chance to Remarry Act of 1997 - Makes a remarried surviving spouse of a veteran eligible for reinstatement of dependency and indemnity compensation if the remarriage is terminated by death or divorce, unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that the divorce was secured through fraud by the surviving spouse or collusion.
Provides that if the surviving spouse of a veteran ceases living with another person and holding himself or herself out openly to the public as that person's spouse, the bar to such compensation shall not apply.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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