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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2228 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and |
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| 7 | 7 | | indemnity compensation, and pension under the laws administered by |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | TEILintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effec- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tive date of certain reductions and discontinuances of |
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| 17 | 17 | | compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and pension under the laws administered by the Sec- |
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| 19 | 19 | | retary of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Survivor Benefits Fair-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ness Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:27 Mar 28, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2228.IH H2228 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2228 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN REDUCTIONS AND 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | DISCONTINUANCES OF COMPENSATION, DE-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | PENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION, 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | AND PENSION UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) I |
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| 34 | 34 | | NGENERAL.—Section 5112(b)(1) of title 38, 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘last day of 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the month before’’ and inserting ‘‘last day of the month 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | during which’’. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) E |
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| 39 | 39 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a reduction or 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | discontinuance of compensation, dependency or indemnity 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | compensation, or pension by reason of a marriage, remar-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | riage, or death occurring on or after the date of the enact-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ment of this Act. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Æ |
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