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Introduced
03/11/2025
03/11/2025
In Committee
03/27/2025
03/27/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
119th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill aims to improve dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) for survivors of veterans by making two key changes. First, it increases the monthly DIC payment for surviving spouses from a fixed amount of $1,154 to 55 percent of the monthly compensation rate for totally disabled veterans, which will provide more financial support to widows and widowers. Second, the bill modifies the eligibility requirements for DIC, lowering the threshold for veterans' continuous total disability rating from 10 years to 5 years before death, and introducing a pro-rated compensation method for survivors of veterans with a continuous total disability rating of less than 10 years. Specifically, if a veteran was rated totally disabled for less than 10 years before death, the survivor will receive a proportional DIC amount based on the duration of the disability rating (e.g., if the veteran was totally disabled for 5 years, the survivor would receive 50% of the full DIC amount). The changes will apply to compensation paid six months after the bill's enactment, with a special provision ensuring that survivors of veterans who died before January 1, 1993, receive the higher of two calculation methods.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (110)
Jahana Hayes (D)*,
Gabe Amo (D),
Yassamin Ansari (D),
Shontel Brown (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Nikki Budzinski (D),
Salud Carbajal (D),
André Carson (D),
Greg Casar (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Joaquin Castro (D),
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),
Judy Chu (D),
Gil Cisneros (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Herbert Conaway (D),
Jim Costa (D),
Joe Courtney (D),
Angie Craig (D),
Jasmine Crockett (D),
Danny Davis (D),
Don Davis (D),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Chris Deluzio (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Sarah Elfreth (D),
Cleo Fields (D),
Shomari Figures (D),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Lizzie Fletcher (D),
Lois Frankel (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Robert Garcia (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Dan Goldman (D),
Josh Gottheimer (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Pablo Jose Hernandez (D),
Steven Horsford (D),
Val Hoyle (D),
Jonathan Jackson (D),
Sara Jacobs (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Julie Johnson (D),
Tom Kean (R),
Bill Keating (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Timothy Kennedy (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Greg Landsman (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
John Larson (D),
Mike Lawler (R),
Mike Levin (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Seth Magaziner (D),
John Mannion (D),
April McClain-Delaney (D),
Morgan McGarvey (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
LaMonica McIver (D),
Rob Menendez (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Cory Mills (R),
Dave Min (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Kelly Morrison (D),
Seth Moulton (D),
Frank Mrvan (D),
Kevin Mullin (D),
Richard Neal (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Donald Norcross (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Scott Peters (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Stacey Plaskett (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Delia Ramirez (D),
Emily Randall (D),
Josh Riley (D),
Deborah Ross (D),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Andrea Salinas (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Kim Schrier (D),
Bobby Scott (D),
David Scott (D),
Terri Sewell (D),
Mikie Sherrill (D),
Adam Smith (D),
Eric Sorensen (D),
Melanie Stansbury (D),
Marilyn Strickland (D),
Suhas Subramanyam (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Shri Thanedar (D),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Jill Tokuda (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Last Action
House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Hearing (13:00:00 7/8/2025 360 CHOB) (on 07/08/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2055/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr2055/BILLS-119hr2055ih.pdf |
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