United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1495 (115th)
Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
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
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
10 March 2017
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
10 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 March 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
27 March 2017
Committee
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 10 March 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] · R · Sponsor
- Carlos Curbelo · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1495
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1495
- us · 115-hr-1495 · source updated 11 August 2025