Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act

This bill revises the effective date for reductions or discontinuances of Department of Veterans Affairs compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions by reason of marriage, remarriage, or death.

The effective date is changed from the last day of the month before a marriage, remarriage, or death occurs to the last day of the month during which the event occurs.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4087 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4087

To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of 
certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and 
indemnity compensation, and pension under the laws administered by the 
                     Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2015

    Mrs. Love (for herself, Mr. Zeldin, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Bishop of 
   Michigan, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Babin, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. 
Ratcliffe, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
 Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Zinke, Mrs. Roby, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Hurd of Texas, 
  Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Yoder, Mr. 
 Smith of Missouri, Ms. Moore, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
Richmond, Ms. Adams, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Brown of Florida, and Mr. Clyburn) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust the effective date of 
certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and 
indemnity compensation, and pension under the laws administered by the 
                     Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Treatment for Families of 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN REDUCTIONS AND DISCONTINUANCES OF 
              COMPENSATION, DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION, AND 
              PENSION UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5112(b)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``last day of the month before'' and 
inserting ``last day of the month during which''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a reduction or discontinuance of compensation, 
dependency or indemnity compensation, or pension by reason of a 
marriage, remarriage, or death occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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