Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2022
Summary
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2022 This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Last action Jan 12, 2022
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Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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