[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1590 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1590

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency 
 and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who 
  die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the 
   veterans had such disease prior to death, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2023

Mr. Coons (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Rounds) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency 
 and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who 
  die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the 
   veterans had such disease prior to death, 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 ``Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INCREASED DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION TO 
              SURVIVING SPOUSES OF VETERANS WHO DIE FROM AMYOTROPHIC 
              LATERAL SCLEROSIS.

    (a) Extension.--Section 1311(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``The rate''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) A veteran whom the Secretary determines died from amyotrophic 
lateral sclerosis shall be treated as a veteran described in 
subparagraph (A) without regard for how long the veteran had such 
disease prior to death.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Subparagraph (B) of section 1311(a)(2) of title 
38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to a 
veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on or after October 
1, 2022.
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