Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 4/29/2026
Actions
- 2026-04-29Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- 2025-02-26Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-02-26Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-26 (00)
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
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.
Cosponsors (12)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Subjects
- Marriage and family status
- Neurological disorders
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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