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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2264
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation
to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder
who dies by suicide.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH21, 2025
Mr. L
AWLER(for himself and Mr. CONAWAY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay depend-
ency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a
veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who
dies by suicide.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service-Connected Sui-4
cide Compensation Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COM-1
PENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF A VETERAN 2
WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED MENTAL DIS-3
ORDER WHO DIES BY SUICIDE. 4
Section 1310(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 5
amended— 6
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘When’’; and 7
(2) by adding at the end the following new 8
paragraph: 9
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall pay dependency and indem-10
nity compensation to the surviving spouse, children, and 11
parents of a veteran who the Secretary determines— 12
‘‘(A) has a mental disorder that is a service- 13
connected disability; and 14
‘‘(B) dies by suicide.’’. 15
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