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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 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 15, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 15, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 7 Republican 3
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 15, 2018
Esty, Elizabeth
· Mar 15, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 15, 2018
Pearce, Stevan
· Mar 15, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 15, 2018
Roby, Martha
· Mar 15, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Mar 15, 2018
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 15, 2018
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Mar 15, 2018
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 15, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5301: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5301/
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"H.R. 5301: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5301/.
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H.R. 5301, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5301/.
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[H.R. 5301: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5301/)
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