HR 5301
115th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Family relationships
Veterans' pensions and compensation
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requiring a surviving spouse of a veteran to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies.
Introduced: March 15, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 15, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring a veteran's surviving spouse to return payments of dependent's compensation or of a pension as a married veteran for the month in which the veteran dies.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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