S 749
119th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Marriage and family status
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
Introduced: February 26, 2025
Introduced by:
Murkowski, Lisa
Republican
· Alaska
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Feb 26, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has determined died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.
Under the bill, such extension of increased compensation applies retroactively to veterans who died from ALS on or after October 1, 2022.
What's happening now
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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