Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
May 24, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Jun 29, 2023
Armed Services · Veterans' Affairs
Step 3
Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans. First, the bill removes the expiration on a surviving spouses' entitlement to educational assistance through the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship). The bill also provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation to such spouse. Next, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries. Additionally, the bill provides commis...
Timeline · 7 actions
Apr 16, 2024
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 16, 2024
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Apr 10, 2024
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jun 29, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
May 24, 2023
Introduced in House
May 24, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 24, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.