US Congress Senate Bill 735 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-06-12 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013 - Allows dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) paid through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the surviving spouses of veterans to be increased for months occurring during the five-year (under current law, two-year) period beginning on the date of entitlement. Provides that the remarriage after age 55 of the surviving spouse of a veteran shall not bar the furnishing of VA DIC, health care, educational assistance, and housing loans. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide, to any spina bifida-affected child of a veteran who served on active duty in Thailand beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, and was exposed to a herbicide agent during such service, the same health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance required to be paid to a similarly-affected child of a Vietnam veteran. Directs the Secretary to carry out a two-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing grief counseling services for the surviving spouses of veterans who die while serving on active duty.

Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013

Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-12	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
2013-04-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2686-2687)
2013-04-16	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2686)

SB944 (Related) 2013-12-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258.
SB1950 (Related) 2014-02-04 - Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S736)
SB1982 (Related) 2014-02-27 - S.AMDT.2766 SA 2766 fell when SA 2747 fell. (consideration: CR S1210)
SB2413 (Related) 2014-06-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/735/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s735/BILLS-113s735is.pdf