Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 10, 2017)
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.
What just happenedMar 27, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 10, 2017
- Mar 27, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee - Mar 27, 2017Committee
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Mar 27, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 10, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Mar 10, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House