3.0.0 2485 2023-01-11T13:40:02Z 2023-01-11T13:40:02Z Senate S 2018-03-01 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2018-08-01T18:30:10Z Referred to 2018-03-01T20:49:03Z Veterans VOW Act 115 6679 HR 2018-08-24 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' 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 2018-03-01 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N Armed Forces and National Security Congressional tributes Military personnel and dependents Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-29T18:54:52Z Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2018

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 special pension for a living Medal of Honor recipient is increased to $1329.58 per month.

]]> Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2018 Display Title Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medal of Honor Surviving Spouses Recognition Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2485is/xml/BILLS-115s2485is.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.