3.0.0 4594 2023-01-11T13:44:46Z 2023-01-11T13:44:46Z Senate S 2020-09-16 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-16T20:43:02Z Caring for Survivors Act of 2020 116 6933 HR 2020-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act 116 8559 HR 2020-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2020-09-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-09-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-09-22 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2020-10-21 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-10-21 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-12-03 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability assistance Marriage and family status Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-09-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-10T21:46:23Z Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act of 2020

This bill adjusts the amount that the Department of Veterans Affairs pays to surviving spouses and children of veterans who were rated as totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.

Additionally, the bill authorizes the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses who remarry after the age of 55.

]]> Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act of 2020 Display Title Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4594is/xml/BILLS-116s4594is.xml 2020-09-16 Read twice and referred to the 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.