Bill Details
HR.803 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-01-28
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Committees
View committees (1)
Cosponsors
8
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This bill would change veterans’ benefits rules so that the surviving spouse of a Medal of Honor recipient can receive a special pension at the same time as dependency and indemnity compensation. Right now, the law prevents those two benefits from being paid together in some cases. The bill is meant to give eligible surviving spouses access to both forms of support, instead of forcing them to choose one. It also gives the bill a short name honoring Sergeant Gary Beikirch.
- It changes the rules in title 38 of the U.S. Code, which covers veterans’ benefits.
- The main purpose is to remove a restriction that blocks concurrent payment of the Medal of Honor special pension and dependency and indemnity compensation.
- The bill is named the “Sergeant Gary Beikirch Medal of Honor Act.”
Official Summaries
Sergeant Gary Beikirch Medal of Honor Act
This bill allows a surviving spouse of a Medal of Honor recipient to receive a special pension concurrently with dependency and indemnity compensation.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 803 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 803
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow a surviving spouse of a
Medal of Honor recipient to receive a special pension concurrently with
dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2025
Mr. Morelle (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Kennedy of New York, and Ms.
Moore of Wisconsin) 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 allow a surviving spouse of a
Medal of Honor recipient to receive a special pension concurrently with
dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
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 ``Sergeant Gary Beikirch Medal of
Honor Act''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MEDAL OF HONOR SPECIAL PENSION PROVISIONS TO
ALLOW CONCURRENT BENEFITS.
Section 1562(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking subparagraph (C).
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