119th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
S. 749: Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has determined died 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.
Under the bill, such extension of increased compensation applies retroactively to veterans who died from ALS on or after October 1, 2022.
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Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Bill Cassidy R-LAOriginal
- Christopher Coons D-DEOriginal
- Mike Rounds R-SDOriginal
- Elissa Slotkin D-MIOriginal
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIOriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV
- Raphael Warnock D-GA
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Cory Booker D-NJ
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- John Hickenlooper D-CO
Who scored on this bill
- 1Lisa Murkowski SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Lisa Murkowski.
Show the full action history (3 actions)
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.