US Congress House Bill 2529 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 65)
Status: Introduced on June 27 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Amends the definition of "spouse" for purposes of veterans' benefits provisions to require an individual to be considered a spouse if the marriage of the individual is valid in the state in which the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place in which the marriage was entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state. Includes as a state the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. territories and possessions.

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2013-06-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2013-06-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4096)

HB683 (Related) 2013-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2529/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2529/BILLS-113hr2529ih.pdf