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HR 1228 · in committee · niche

Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Office of Survivors Assistance to report directly to the Veterans Affairs Secretary instead of operating under the Veterans Benefits Administration.
  • Veterans' survivors and families receiving benefits are affected by this organizational change.
  • The change takes effect upon enactment with no specified cost to implement the administrative restructuring.

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  1. 01

    How would moving the Office of Survivors Assistance directly under the VA Secretary change the speed or quality of benefits that surviving families currently receive?

  2. 02

    What specific problems with survivors' benefits does this organizational restructuring aim to solve, and what evidence supports these concerns?

  3. 03

    Which veterans' families might be affected differently by this administrative change, and could any groups face unintended consequences?

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Juan Ciscomani

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Introduced 2025-04-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-10 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  2. 2025-04-09 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-04-09 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 99). (text: 4/7/2025 CR H1433-1434)

  4. 2025-04-09 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 99).

  5. 2025-04-09 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1552-1553)

  6. 2025-04-07 · house · Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

  7. 2025-04-07 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1228.

  8. 2025-04-07 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1433-1435)

  9. 2025-04-07 · house · Floor

    Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  10. 2025-03-26 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  11. 2025-03-21 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

  12. 2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  13. 2025-02-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  14. 2025-02-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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