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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4594
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.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Mr. TESTER 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 improve and
to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity com-
pensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans.
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 ‘‘Caring for the Sur-
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vivors and Families of Veterans Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPEND-
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ENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR
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SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN VETERANS RATED
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TOTALLY DISABLED AT TIME OF DEATH.
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Section 1318 of title 38, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph
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(2), the Secretary’’; and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(2) In any case in which the Secretary makes a pay-
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ment under paragraph (1) of this subsection by reason
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of subsection (b)(1) of this section and the period of con-
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tinuous rating immediately preceding death is less than
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10 years, the amount payable under such paragraph shall
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be an amount that bears the same relationship to the
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amount otherwise payable under such paragraph as the
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duration of such period bears to 10 years.’’; and
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(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘10 or
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more years’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than five
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years’’.
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SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
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COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES
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WHO REMARRY AFTER AGE 55.
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Section 103(d)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code,
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is amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘chapter
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13 or’’ after ‘‘benefits under’’.
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