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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 891
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide payment of Medal of
Honor special pension under such title to the surviving spouse of a
deceased Medal of Honor recipient, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 27, 2019
Mr. SULLIVAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide payment
of Medal of Honor special pension under such title to
the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor re-
cipient, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medal of Honor Sur-
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viving Spouses Recognition Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. MEDAL OF HONOR SPECIAL PENSION FOR SUR-
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VIVING SPOUSES.
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(a) CODIFICATION OF CURRENT RATE OF SPECIAL
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PENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1562 of title 38,
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United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and
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inserting ‘‘$1,366.81’’.
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(b) SPECIAL PENSION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES.—
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(1) SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT.—Such sub-
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section is further amended—
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(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
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Secretary shall pay special pension under this section to
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the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded a Medal
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of Honor as described in section 1560(b) of this title.
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‘‘(B) No special pension shall be paid to a surviving
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spouse of a person under this section unless such surviving
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spouse was married to such person—
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‘‘(i) for one year or more prior to the veteran’s
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death; or
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‘‘(ii) for any period of time if a child was born
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of the marriage, or was born to them before the
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marriage.’’.
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Such section is amend-
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ed—
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(i) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or
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married to more than one person who has
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been awarded the Medal of Honor,’’ after
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‘‘Honor,’’; and
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(ii) in subsection (f)(1), by striking
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‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
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(1) of subsection (a), or under paragraph
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(2) of such subsection in the case of a
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posthumous entry on the Army, Navy, Air
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Force, and Coast Guard medal of Honor
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Roll,’’.
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(B) SPECIAL
PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
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MARRIAGES.—Section 103(d)(5) of such title is
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amended by adding at the end the following
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new subparagraph:
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‘‘(E) Section 1562(a)(2), relating to Medal of
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Honor special pension.’’.
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
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by this subsection shall apply with respect to pay-
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ment of pension under section 1562 of title 38,
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United States Code, for months beginning after the
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date of the enactment of this Act.
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