To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans.
Latest action · Mar 20, 2018 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat a notification of the death of a veteran rated totally disabled at the time of death as a claim by the veteran's surviving spouse and children for dependency and indemnity compensation benefits. The VA may not require that such spouse and children file a claim for such benefits.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Feb 6, 2017 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 6, 2017Hearings Mar 20, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2018Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 6, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Feb 6, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 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. 20, February 6, 2017, page H1013.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-53 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 888, H.R. 4335, H.R. 4910 AND H.R. 495823 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 20, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 464 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans. | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 24, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
