United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6679 (115th)
Veterans VOW Act
Introduced
24 August 2018
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Summary
Veterans Valuing Our Widows and Widowers Act or the Veterans VOW Act This bill requires the payment of a Medal of Honor special pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient if that person was married to the recipient for (1) at least one year prior to the veteran's death; or (2) any period of time if a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage. The bill increases the special pension for a living Medal of Honor recipient to $1329.58 per month.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 August 2018
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 August 2018
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 24 August 2018
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6679
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6679