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H.R. 1495 (115th)

Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

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Introduced

10 March 2017

Last action

27 March 2017 · Committee

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Sponsors

Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2], Carlos Curbelo, Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2], Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3], Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7], Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

11 August 2025

Defence

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.

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Timeline

  1. 10 March 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 10 March 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 10 March 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 27 March 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 27 March 2017

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Health Discharged.

    Source: Committee

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