Next of Kin Collections Protection Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jan 28, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
IntroducedJan 28, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 79 words.
Next of Kin Collections Protection Act of 2025 This bill modifies the effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of a Department of Veterans Affairs pension under an existing rating or decision in cases where the payee has died. Specifically, the bill provides that the effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of a pension that is under an existing rating or decision must be the last day of the month in which the death of the payee occurs.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 8 of 311 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 270 words
- Subjects
- Military personnel and dependentsVeterans' pensions and compensation
- Latest action
- Jan 28, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 2
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 2
- 118th H.R. 4562 Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act R · Introduced
- 118th S. 5545 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to laws relating to the payment of certain benefits administered R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]