[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 888

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and 
   indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled 
                               veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2017

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and 
   indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled 
                               veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT FOR DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY 
              COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN TOTALLY DISABLED 
              VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1318(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(1) The 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall treat a 
notification of the death of a veteran described in subsection (b) as a 
claim by the surviving spouse and children of the deceased veteran for 
benefits under this chapter. The Secretary may not require that such 
spouse and children file a claim for such benefits.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to deaths of veterans occurring on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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