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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2264 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans |
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| 6 | 6 | | Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation |
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| 7 | 7 | | to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder |
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| 8 | 8 | | who dies by suicide. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | AWLER(for himself and Mr. CONAWAY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was referred to the Committee 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 direct the Sec- |
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| 16 | 16 | | retary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay depend- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a |
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| 18 | 18 | | veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who |
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| 19 | 19 | | dies by suicide. |
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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 ‘‘Service-Connected Sui-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | cide Compensation Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2264 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COM-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | PENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF A VETERAN 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED MENTAL DIS-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ORDER WHO DIES BY SUICIDE. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 1310(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended— 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘When’’; and 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) by adding at the end the following new 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | paragraph: 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall pay dependency and indem-10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | nity compensation to the surviving spouse, children, and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | parents of a veteran who the Secretary determines— 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(A) has a mental disorder that is a service- 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | connected disability; and 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(B) dies by suicide.’’. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Æ |
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