US Congress House Bill 3569 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on November 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-12-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act - Revises the definition of "surviving spouse" for purposes of veterans benefits provisions to eliminate the requirement that the person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran's death be a person of the opposite sex. Considers an individual to be a "spouse" if: (1) the marriage is valid in the state in which it was entered into; or (2) in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, the marriage is valid in the place in which it was entered into and could have been entered into in a state, or it was valid in the place in which all parties to it resided at the time it was entered into.

Protecting the Freedoms and Benefits for All Veterans Act

Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-12-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2013-11-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB373 (Related) 2013-07-24 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3569/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3569/BILLS-113hr3569ih.pdf