[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8972 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8972

To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow a surviving spouse of a 
Medal of Honor recipient to receive a special pension concurrently with 
     dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2022

 Mr. Morelle 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 allow a surviving spouse of a 
Medal of Honor recipient to receive a special pension concurrently with 
     dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Sergeant Gary Beikirch Medal of 
Honor Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MEDAL OF HONOR SPECIAL PENSION PROVISIONS TO 
              ALLOW CONCURRENT BENEFITS.

    Section 1562(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subparagraph (C).
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