[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2264 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2025

Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Conaway) 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 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.

    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 ``Service-Connected Suicide 
Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS 
              OF A VETERAN WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED MENTAL DISORDER WHO 
              DIES BY SUICIDE.

    Section 1310(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``When''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) The Secretary shall pay dependency and indemnity compensation 
to the surviving spouse, children, and parents of a veteran who the 
Secretary determines--
            ``(A) has a mental disorder that is a service-connected 
        disability; and
            ``(B) dies by suicide.''.
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