United States · Bill · S
S. 3091 (116th)
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2019
Introduced
18 December 2019
Last action
18 December 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2019 This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.
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Timeline
18 December 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
18 December 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 18 December 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2022
- related to → Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3091
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/3091
- us · 116-s-3091 · source updated 5 December 2025