3.0.0 1495 2023-01-11T13:35:40Z 2023-01-11T13:35:40Z House HR 2017-03-10 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 42 (Friday, March 10, 2017)][Pages H2052-H2053]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. LOVE:H.R. 1495.[[Page H2053]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-27T16:15:52Z hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Discharged from 2017-03-27T16:15:29Z Referred to 2017-03-27T15:50:47Z Referred to 2017-03-10T14:00:50Z 2017-03-27 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2017-03-27 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Health Discharged. Committee 2017-03-27 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-03-10 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-03-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000584 Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] Mia Love R UT B. 4 N D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 22 2017-03-10 True H001072 Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] J. Hill R AR French 2 2017-03-10 True C001107 Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] Carlos Curbelo R FL 26 2017-03-10 True P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 2017-03-10 True C001076 Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] Jason Chaffetz R UT 3 2017-03-10 True Y000063 Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] Kevin Yoder R KS 3 2017-03-10 True B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2017-03-10 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-03-10 True R000603 Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] David Rouzer R NC 7 2017-03-10 True G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2017-03-10 True S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2017-03-10 True K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] PETER KING R NY T. 2 2017-03-10 True Z000017 Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] Lee Zeldin R NY M. 1 2017-03-10 True L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2017-06-27 False C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2018-01-19 False D000620 Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] John Delaney D MD K. 6 2018-12-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-03-10 Introduced in House 2017-10-06T13:56:08Z Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

This bill changes the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs dependency and indemnity compensation by reason of the death of a payee from the last day of the month before death to the last day of the month of death.

A veteran's surviving spouse who receives both dependency/indemnity compensation and service- or non-service-connected disability/death payments for the month of the veteran's death shall be entitled to the greater of the two payments.

]]> Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act Display Title Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act Introduced in House 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1495ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1495ih.xml 2017-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 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.