3.0.0 1990 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z Senate S 2017-10-19 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2018-08-01T18:30:08Z Referred to 2017-10-19T20:23:30Z Surviving Spouses Income Security Act 115 4106 HR 2017-10-24 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 2017-10-19 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-10-19 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-10-19 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-12-06 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-12-19 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-04-11 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-07-16 False Armed Forces and National Security Marriage and family status Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-16T18:01:52Z Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017

This bill increases monthly rates for veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The VA shall pay to an individual who is eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation predicated on the death of a veteran before January 1, 1993, monthly dependency and indemnity compensation that is the greater of the amount in effect either before or after enactment of this bill.

The bill makes VA dependent and survivor income benefits payable to a surviving spouse who remarries after age 55.

]]> Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amounts payable by the Department of Veterans Affairs for dependency and indemnity compensation, to modify the requirements for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at the time of death, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1990is/xml/BILLS-115s1990is.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.