To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase to $2,000 the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension under that title and to provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient.

3.0.0 1137 2023-01-11T20:02:24Z 2023-01-11T20:02:24Z House H HR 2007-02-16 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-11-08T16:33:49Z Referred to 2007-03-09T14:25:22Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:12:05Z 2007-11-08 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-03-09 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001235 Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1] HENRY BROWN R SC E. 1 N M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2007-02-16 True M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2007-02-16 True M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-03-01 False C001065 Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] Christopher Carney D PA P. 10 2007-03-05 False B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2007-03-13 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2007-04-16 False C000191 Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7] JULIA CARSON D IN 7 2007-04-16 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2007-04-18 False W000672 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] FRANK WOLF R VA R. 10 2007-04-18 False B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2007-05-01 False B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2007-05-16 False T000260 Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] TODD TIAHRT R KS 4 2007-05-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Commemorations Congress Congressional Medal of Honor Families Labor and Employment Married people Survivors' benefits Veterans' pensions Armed Forces and National Security

00 2007-02-16 Introduced in House 2007-03-16T19:41:30Z Increases from $1,000 to $2,000 the monthly special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.

Provides for payment of such pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased recipient as long as the surviving spouse was married to the recipient: (1) for one year or more; or (2) for any period of time if a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage.

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase to $2,000 the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension under that title and to provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient. Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase to $2,000 the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension under that title and to provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient. Introduced in House IH Display Title To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase to $2,000 the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension under that title and to provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient. Introduced in House 2007-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1137ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1137ih.xml 2007-11-08 Subcommittee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.