Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act

Summary

Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act - Revises the definition of "surviving spouse" for purposes of veterans benefits provisions to eliminate the requirement that the person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran's death be a person of the opposite sex. Considers an individual to be a "spouse" if: (1) the marriage is valid in the state in which it was entered into; or (2) in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, the marriage is valid in the place in which it was entered into and could have been entered into in a state, or it was valid in the place in which all parties to it resided at the time it was entered into.

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Timeline

1. 20 November 2013

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 20 November 2013

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 20 November 2013

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 11 December 2013

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 20 November 2013 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hanna, Richard L. [R-NY-22] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsvr00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act of 2013