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Introduced
In Committee
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Passed
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Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act - Repeals certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age. Prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund. Repeals the optional authority of (and instead requires) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. Directs the Secretary concerned to restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to a surviving child or children of a member.
AI Summary
This bill, the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act, aims to provide greater financial security for surviving spouses of military personnel by repealing provisions that reduce their Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities by the amount they receive in Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), a benefit for surviving family members of service members who died in the line of duty or from a service-related disability. It also prevents the government from demanding repayment of certain retired pay refunds that surviving spouses may have already received due to these offsets. Furthermore, the bill changes the rules regarding annuities for dependent children, making it mandatory for the Secretary of the relevant military department to pay an annuity to children if there is no eligible surviving spouse, rather than optional, and restores annuity eligibility to surviving spouses who previously gave it up to provide for their children, regardless of whether those children's eligibility later ended.
Committee Categories
Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (237)
Joe Wilson (R)*,
Mark Amodei (R),
Michele Bachmann (R),
Spencer Bachus (R),
Ron Barber (D),
Lou Barletta (R),
John Barrow (D),
Karen Bass (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Dan Benishek (R),
Kerry Bentivolio (R),
Gus Bilirakis (R),
Sanford Bishop (D),
Timothy Bishop (D),
Diane Black (R),
Marsha Blackburn (R),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Jo Bonner (R),
Madeleine Bordallo (D),
Robert Brady (D),
Bruce Braley (D),
Mo Brooks (R),
Corrine Brown (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Vern Buchanan (R),
Larry Bucshon (R),
Michael Burgess (R),
Cheri Bustos (D),
Bradley Byrne (R),
Ken Calvert (R),
Shelley Moore Capito (R),
André Carson (D),
John Carter (R),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Howard Coble (R),
Mike Coffman (R),
Steve Cohen (D),
Tom Cole (R),
K. Michael Conaway (R),
Gerry Connolly (D),
John Conyers (D),
Jim Cooper (D),
Tom Cotton (R),
Joe Courtney (D),
Kevin Cramer (R),
Rick Crawford (R),
Ander Crenshaw (R),
Henry Cuellar (D),
Elijah Cummings (D),
Rodney Davis (R),
Susan Davis (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Diana DeGette (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Charles Dent (R),
Scott DesJarlais (R),
Theodore Deutch (D),
Lloyd Doggett (D),
Michael Doyle (D),
Tammy Duckworth (D),
Jeff Duncan (R),
Donna Edwards (D),
Keith Ellison (D),
Renee Ellmers (R),
William Enyart (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Elizabeth Esty (D),
Blake Farenthold (R),
Sam Farr (D),
Stephen Fincher (R),
Michael Fitzpatrick (R),
J. Randy Forbes (R),
Bill Foster (D),
Lois Frankel (D),
Trent Franks (R),
Tulsi Gabbard (D),
Pete Gallego (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Joe Garcia (D),
Jim Gerlach (R),
Christopher Gibson (R),
Bob Goodlatte (R),
Paul Gosar (R),
Kay Granger (R),
Sam Graves (R),
Alan Grayson (D),
Gene Green (D),
Tim Griffin (R),
Morgan Griffith (R),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Michael Grimm (R),
Luis Gutiérrez (D),
Colleen Hanabusa (D),
Richard Hanna (R),
Vicky Hartzler (R),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Denny Heck (D),
Joseph Heck (R),
Brian Higgins (D),
Jim Himes (D),
Rubén Hinojosa (D),
Rush Holt (D),
Michael Honda (D),
Steven Horsford (D),
Duncan Hunter (R),
Robert Hurt (R),
Steve Israel (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Lynn Jenkins (R),
Bill Johnson (R),
David Jolly (R),
Walter Jones (R),
Marcy Kaptur (D),
Bill Keating (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Ron Kind (D),
Peter King (R),
Ann Kirkpatrick (D),
John Kline (R),
Ann Kuster (D),
Doug Lamborn (R),
Leonard Lance (R),
James Langevin (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
Tom Latham (R),
Daniel Lipinski (D),
Frank LoBiondo (R),
David Loebsack (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Nita Lowey (D),
Frank Lucas (R),
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Sean Maloney (D),
Kenny Marchant (R),
Tom Marino (R),
Jim Matheson (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Carolyn McCarthy (D),
Michael McCaul (R),
Betty McCollum (D),
Jim McDermott (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Mike McIntyre (D),
David McKinley (R),
Gregory Meeks (D),
John Mica (R),
Michael Michaud (D),
Jeff Miller (R),
James Moran (D),
Patrick Murphy (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Richard Nugent (R),
Alan Nunnelee (R),
Beto O'Rourke (D),
William Owens (D),
Steven Palazzo (R),
Frank Pallone (D),
Stevan Pearce (R),
Ed Perlmutter (D),
Gary Peters (D),
Scott Peters (D),
Collin Peterson (D),
Pedro Pierluisi (I),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Jared Polis (D),
Bill Posey (R),
David Price (D),
Nick Rahall (D),
Tom Reed (R),
David Reichert (R),
Cedric Richmond (D),
E. Scott Rigell (R),
David Roe (R),
Mike Rogers (R),
Thomas Rooney (R),
Peter Roskam (R),
Dennis Ross (R),
Keith Rothfus (R),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Jon Runyan (R),
Dutch Ruppersberger (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Matt Salmon (R),
Linda Sánchez (D),
John Sarbanes (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Brad Schneider (D),
Aaron Schock (R),
Allyson Schwartz (D),
Austin Scott (R),
Bobby Scott (D),
Terri Sewell (D),
Carol Shea-Porter (D),
John Shimkus (R),
Bill Shuster (R),
Kyrsten Sinema (I),
Chris Smith (R),
Jason Smith (R),
Lamar Smith (R),
Steve Southerland (R),
Steve Stivers (R),
Steve Stockman (R),
Mark Takano (D),
G.T. Thompson (R),
Mike Thompson (D),
John Tierney (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Niki Tsongas (D),
Mike Turner (R),
Chris Van Hollen (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Filemón Vela (D),
Ann Wagner (R),
Greg Walden (R),
Jackie Walorski (R),
Timothy Walz (D),
Henry Waxman (D),
Randy Weber (R),
Peter Welch (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Rob Wittman (R),
Frank Wolf (R),
Steve Womack (R),
John Yarmuth (D),
Ted Yoho (R),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (on 01/31/2013)
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
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| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr32ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr32ih.pdf | 03/06/2013 |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/32/all-info | 03/06/2013 |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr32ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr32ih.pdf.pdf | 02/01/2013 |
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