Official Summaries

Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Act 

This bill provides that the Office of Survivors Assistance (OSA) must operate within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Currently, OSA operates within the Pension and Fiduciary Service of the Veterans Benefits Administration.)

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1228 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1228


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2025

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the organization of 
   the Office of Survivors Assistance of the Department 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 ``Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF SURVIVORS 
              ASSISTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 321(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``in the Department'' and inserting ``in the Office of the 
Secretary''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 9, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.