A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the definition of spouse and surviving spouse to include all individuals lawfully married, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 1314 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z Senate S S 2023-04-26 118 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-26T20:02:07Z 2023-04-26 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2023-04-26 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2023-05-04 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2023-05-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2023-05-08T14:30:26Z

00 2023-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2023-11-08T20:07:34Z This bill revises the definitions of spouse and surviving spouse that the Department of Veterans Affairs uses for purposes related to veterans' benefits, health care, and other matters. Specifically, the bill includes persons who are or were in same-sex marriages as spouses and surviving spouses.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the definition of spouse and surviving spouse to include all individuals lawfully married, and for other purposes. Display Title 45 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the definition of spouse and surviving spouse to include all individuals lawfully married, and for other purposes. 2023-05-06T11:15:19Z Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the definition of spouse and surviving spouse to include all individuals lawfully married, and for other purposes. 2023-05-06T03:14:00Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1314is/xml/BILLS-118s1314is.xml 2023-04-26 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.