3.0.0 6679 2023-01-11T13:41:43Z 2023-01-11T13:41:43Z House HR 2018-08-24 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 142 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LAMB:H.R. 6679.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article one section 8[Page H7772]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2018-08-24T15:00:25Z Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2018 115 2485 S 2018-08-01 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616. Related bill CRS 2018-08-24 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2018-08-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-08-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000588 Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-18] Conor Lamb D PA 18 N M001199 Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] Brian Mast R FL J. 18 2018-08-24 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional tributes Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-08-24 Introduced in House 2019-09-03T20:47:24Z Veterans Valuing Our Widows and Widowers Act or the Veterans VOW Act

This bill requires the payment of a Medal of Honor special pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient if that person was married to the recipient for (1) at least one year prior to the veteran's death; or (2) any period of time if a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage.

The bill increases the special pension for a living Medal of Honor recipient to $1329.58 per month.

]]> Veterans VOW Act Display Title Veterans VOW Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide payment of Medal of Honor special pension under such title to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Veterans VOW Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Valuing Our Widows and Widowers Act Introduced in House 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6679ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6679ih.xml 2018-08-24 Referred to the House 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.