Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
This bill changes the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs dependency and indemnity compensation by reason of the death of a payee from the last day of the month before death to the last day of the month of death.
A veteran's surviving spouse who receives both dependency/indemnity compensation and service- or non-service-connected disability/death payments for the month of the veteran's death shall be entitled to the greater of the two payments.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2017 to Dec 17, 2018; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Mar 10, 2017 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jan 19, 2018 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Dec 17, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2017Discharged Mar 27, 2017 | |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2017 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 27, 2017Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Mar 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Mar 10, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 42, March 10, 2017, page H2053.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2017Introduced in House
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