Captain James C. Edge Gold Star Spouse Equity Act
Latest action · Oct 20, 2021 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.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Captain James C. Edge Gold Star Spouse Equity Act
This bill addresses restrictions on benefits for surviving spouses of service members.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the termination of the payment of an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan for certain surviving spouses of service members who died while on active duty solely because the surviving spouse remarries. The Department of Defense must resume payment of an annuity to surviving spouses who remarried before the age of 55 and before the enactment of this bill.
The remarriage of a surviving spouse of a veteran does not bar the provision of dependency and indemnity compensation, regardless of their age when they remarried. The Department of Veterans Affairs must resume payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses who remarried before the age of 57 prior to the enactment of this bill.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2021 to Jul 15, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Apr 22, 2021 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 4, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 28, 2021 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jul 15, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2021 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2021 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jul 14, 2021Hearings Oct 20, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jul 14, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Apr 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2021Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 167, no. 70, April 22, 2021, page H2109.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 854 | Captain James C. Edge Gold Star Spouse Equity Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 29, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to expand certain benefits for surviving spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die in line of duty, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Captain James C. Edge Gold Star Spouse Equity 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.
- Apr 22, 2021Introduced 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.
