US Congress House Bill 1030 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-10-22 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans' benefits to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recognize a marriage based on the law of the state where the marriage occurred. When a marriage occurs outside a state, the VA shall recognize it if the marriage is lawful in the place where it occurs and could have been entered into under the laws of any state. The bill also amends the definitions of spouse and surviving spouse to remove the requirement that the spouse be of the opposite sex.

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-22	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-02-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-02-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1030/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1030/BILLS-116hr1030ih.pdf