3.0.0 1596 2023-01-11T13:37:04Z 2023-01-11T13:37:04Z Senate S 2017-07-20 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2018-08-01T18:30:04Z Referred to 2017-07-20T17:44:10Z BRAVE Act of 2017 115 1212 HR 2017-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-08-01 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616. Committee 2017-07-20 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-07-20 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2018-04-26 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-05-09 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-05-09 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-05-14 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-06-04 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-07-10 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-07-31 False Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Disability and paralysis Inflation and prices Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-06T14:56:14Z Burial Rights for America's Veterans' Efforts Act of 2017 or the BRAVE Act of 2017

This bill increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability.

The VA shall increase such amounts each fiscal year by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.

]]> BRAVE Act of 2017 Display Title BRAVE Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase certain funeral benefits for veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced BRAVE Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Burial Rights for America's Veterans' Efforts Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1596is/xml/BILLS-115s1596is.xml 2018-08-01 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616. 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.