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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: April 7, 2025 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 26, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 29, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6636 Related bill To advance sensible priorities.
  • HR 1685 Related bill Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 15

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • I AM ALS
    for I AM ALS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • I AM ALS
    for I AM ALS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
    for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • THE ALS ASSOCIATION
    for THE ALS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • THE ALS ASSOCIATION
    for THE ALS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025
  • THE ALS ASSOCIATION
    for THE ALS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
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 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 9 Republican 3
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 15, 2026
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Hickenlooper, John W.
Colorado · Jan 15, 2026
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jan 8, 2026
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Dec 11, 2025
 D
Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Jun 27, 2025
 D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Apr 7, 2025
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Apr 7, 2025
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Feb 26, 2025
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Feb 26, 2025
 R
Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Feb 26, 2025
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Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Feb 26, 2025
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Feb 26, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 749: Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-749/
MLA
"S. 749: Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-749/.
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S. 749, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-749/.
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[S. 749: Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-749/)
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