US Congress Senate Bill 241 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Family Relief Act of 2015 Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay temporary (not to exceed six months) dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to the surviving spouse of a veteran if, at the time of death, the veteran was in receipt of or entitled to receive compensation for a service-connected disability rated as total for at least one year preceding the veteran's death. Authorizes the payment to such survivor, for the same period, of any veteran's pension that the deceased was receiving at the time of death, without regard to the annual income and net worth of the surviving spouse. Allows a surviving spouse who is entitled to a pension or DIC under any other VA provision to be paid the amount by which such pension or DIC exceeds the amount of pension paid under this Act.

Military Family Relief Act of 2015

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/241/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s241/BILLS-114s241is.pdf