Caring for Survivors Act of 2023
Latest action · Apr 26, 2023 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-160.
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 14, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Caring for Survivors Act of 2023
This bill increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Dependency and indemnity compensation is a monthly payment made to eligible survivors (i.e., spouses, parents, or children) of (1) certain veterans who died as a result of a service-connected condition; (2) service members killed while on active military duty or active or inactive duty for training; or (3) veterans who did not die from a service-connected condition, but were totally disabled by a service-connected disability for a certain period of time.
The bill also (1) reduces, from 10 years to 5 years, the period of time that certain veterans must have been rated totally disabled due to a service-connected disability in order for a survivor to qualify for benefits; and (2) specifies the amount that is payable to survivors of veterans who were rated totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2023 to Nov 13, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Feb 14, 2023 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | May 1, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | May 1, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | May 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 8, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jul 10, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 10, 2023 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Jul 27, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2023Hearings Apr 26, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2023Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-160.
- Feb 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2023Read twice and referred to the 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.
Printed hearings 3
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. 118-48 | THE ONE PERCENT: SUPPORTING AMERICA'S SURVIVING MILITARY FAMILY COMMUNITY104 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 30, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-447 | OVERSIGHT OF FINANCIAL REGULATORS: FINANCIAL STABILITY, SUPERVISION, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE WAKE OF RECENT BANK FAILURES333 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | May 18, 2023 |
| S. Hrg. 118-160 | HEARING TO CONSIDER PENDING LEGISLATION218 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 26, 2023 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 611 | Caring for Survivors Act of 2025 | Cross-Congress related bill | Mar 11, 2025 |
| S 976 | Caring for Survivors Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Apr 28, 2021 |
| HR 1083 | Caring for Survivors Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Apr 16, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Caring for Survivors Act of 2023
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 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
