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To amend title 38, United States Code, to create a dependency and indemnity compensation allowance for surviving spouses receiving dependency and indemnity compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. This bill creates an allowance for a deceased veteran's or deceased service member's surviving spouse who is receiving dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) from the Department of Veterans Affairs. DIC is a monthly payment made to survivors and dependents of (1) certain veterans, and (2) service members killed while on active military duty. The bill provides a formula for calculating the monthly rate of the allowance based on the DIC amount the spouse is entitled to receive. Payment amounts under the Survivor Benefit Plan shall not be affected by the implementation of the DIC allowance.

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Jahana Hayes (D)*,  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Buddy Carter (R),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Joe Courtney (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Rodney Davis (R),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Lance Gooden (R),  Josh Gottheimer (D),  Josh Harder (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jim Himes (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Andy Kim (D),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  John Larson (D),  Richard Neal (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Dean Phillips (D),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  William Timmons (R),  Lori Trahan (D),  Susan Wild (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (on 06/25/2019)

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