[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4748 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4748

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency 
 and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who 
  die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the 
               veterans had such disease prior to death.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2019

Mr. Cisneros (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) 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 extend increased dependency 
 and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who 
  die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the 
               veterans had such disease prior to death.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INCREASED DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION TO 
              SURVIVING SPOUSES OF VETERANS WHO DIE FROM AMYOTROPHIC 
              LATERAL SCLEROSIS.

    (a) Extension.--Section 1311(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``The rate''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) A veteran whom the Secretary determines died from amyotrophic 
lateral sclerosis shall be treated as a veteran described in 
subparagraph (A) without regard for how long the veteran had such 
disease prior to death.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Subparagraph (B) of section 1311(a)(2) of title 
38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to a 
veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on or after October 
1, 2019.
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