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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide.
Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Conaway) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Service-Connected Suicide Compensation Act”.
SEC. 2. Automatic dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide.
Section 1310(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting “(1)” before “When”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) The Secretary shall pay dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse, children, and parents of a veteran who the Secretary determines—
“(A) has a mental disorder that is a service-connected disability; and
“(B) dies by suicide.”.