S 749 · in committee · significant
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
- veterans
What this bill does
- This bill extends increased survivor benefits to spouses of veterans who died from ALS, removing the eight-year disability requirement.
- Surviving spouses of veterans with service-connected ALS are affected by this change in eligibility rules.
- The expansion applies retroactively to veterans who died from ALS on or after October 1, 2022.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would removing the eight-year disability requirement change which surviving spouses become eligible for increased benefits under this bill?
- 02
What fiscal impact might retroactively extending survivor benefits to spouses of veterans who died from ALS since October 2022 have on the VA budget?
- 03
Should the policy treat ALS differently from other service-connected conditions in survivor benefit eligibility, and what evidence supports that distinction?
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Sponsor · R-AK
Lisa Murkowski
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Introduced 2026-04-29
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Legislative timeline
2026-04-29 · senate · Committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2025-02-26 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-02-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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