3.0.0 241 2023-01-11T13:28:50Z 2023-01-11T13:28:50Z Senate S 2015-01-22 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-22T23:34:33Z 2015-01-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-01-22 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-05-21 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2016-09-19 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2016-09-28 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-12T15:05:12Z 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 Display Title Military Family Relief Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of temporary compensation to a surviving spouse of a veteran upon the death of the veteran, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Family Relief Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s241is/xml/BILLS-114s241is.xml 2015-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.