,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dajf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bd1        
#bjag,ms4 ,shea-,porter 7for herself and
 ,ms4 ,rosen7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide for an        
increase in the amount of monthly       
dependents and survivors income security
 benefit payable to surviving spouses by
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,surviving ,spouses ,income ,security   
,act4  #b4 ,increase in amount of       
dependents and survivors income security
 benefit payable to surviving spouses by
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
7a7 ,increase ,section #acaa7;a7 of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by   
striking of #a1aed and inserting equal  
to #ee percent of the rate of monthly   

compensation in effect under section    
#aaad7;j7 of this title2 and  7#b7 by   
striking paragraph 7#c74  7b7 ,effective
 date  7#a7 ,in general ,except as      
provided by paragraph 7#b71 the         
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to compensation paid 
under chapter #ac of title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 for months beginning     
after the date that is six months after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7#b7 ,special rule for certain          
individuals  7,a7 ,for months beginning 
after the date that is six months after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs    
shall pay to an individual described in 
subparagraph 7,b7 dependents and        
survivors income security benefit under 
section #acaa of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 in the monthly amount    
that is the greater of the following3   
7i7 ,the amount determined under        
subsection 7a77#c7 of such section      
#acaa1 as in effect on the day before   

the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7ii7 ,the amount determined under       
subsection 7a77#a7 of such section      
#acaa1 as amended by subsection 7a74    
7,b7 ,an individual described in this   
subparagraph is an individual eligible  
for dependents and survivors income     
security benefit under section #acaa of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 that  
is predicated on the death of a veteran 
before ,january #a1 #aiic4  #c4         
,modification of requirements for       
dependents and survivors income security
 benefit payable by ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs for survivors of     
certain veterans rated totally disabled 
at time of death ,section #acah of title
 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7--  7,a7
 by striking ,the ,secretary and        
inserting 7#a7 ,except as provided in   
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary2 and     
7,b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#b7 ,in any case in    
which the ,secretary makes a payment    

under paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection 
by reason of subsection 7b77#a7 and the 
period of continuous rating immediately 
preceding death is less than #aj years1 
the amount payable under paragraph 7#a7 
of this subsection shall be an amount   
which bears the same relationship to the
 amount otherwise payable under such    
paragraph as the duration of such period
 bears to #aj years4  2 and  7#b7 in    
subsection 7b77#a71 by striking #aj or  
more years and inserting five or more   
years4  #d4 ,eligibility for dependents 
and survivors income security benefit   
payable by ,department of ,veterans     
,affairs for surviving spouses who      
remarry after age #ee ,section          
#ajc7;d77#b77;,b7 of title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended in the second 
sentence by inserting chapter #ac or    
after benefits under4  #e4 ,renaming of 
dependency and indemnity compensation to
 dependents and survivors income        
security benefit  7a7 ,in general       
,chapter #ac of title #ch1 ,united      

,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking dependency and indemnity       
compensation each place it appears1     
including the table of sections1 and    
inserting dependents and survivors      
income security benefit2 and  7#b7 by   
conforming the typeface and typestyle1  
including capitalization1 of such       
inserted matter to the typeface and     
typestyle as used in such stricken      
matter4  7b7 ,references ,any reference 
in law to dependency and indemnity      
compensation paid by the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs pursuant to chapter  
#ac of such title shall be deemed to be 
a reference to dependents and survivors 
income security benefit4