,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ae1 #bjah,mr4
 ,de,fazio 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,jones1   
,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,ms4       
,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,johnson of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,peterson1   
,mr4 ,pearce1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,ms4       
,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,ms4     
,gabbard1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,ms4 ,pingree1   
,ms4 ,esty of ,connecticut1 ,mr4        
,tipton1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 
,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 
,mr4 ,capuano1 and ,mrs4 ,roby7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to prohibit the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs from requiring a surviving     
spouse of a veteran to return certain   
payments for a month in which the       
veteran dies4  #a4 ,prohibition on      
requirement for surviving spouse to     
return certain payments by ,secretary of

 ,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,surviving     
spouse payment ,section #ecaj of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7c7 ,treatment of certain  
checks and payments ,in the case of a   
surviving spouse who was a dependent    
with respect to whom additional         
compensation for dependents was payable 
under section #aaae of this title1 or   
additional pension as a married veteran 
under chapter #ae1 as of the date of the
 veteran's death1 if a check or other   
payment issued to the veteran as a      
benefit payment under either such       
chapter for the month in which death    
occurs is negotiated1 deposited1 or     
otherwise accessed by the surviving     
spouse--  7#a7 the check or payment     
shall be considered to be the benefit   
payable to the surviving spouse under   
subsection 7a77#a71 to the extent that  
the check or payment equals the amount  
which would otherwise be payable under  
such subsection2 and  7#b7 the          

,secretary may not require the surviving
 spouse to return the check or payment4 
4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment   
made by this section shall take effect  
on the date of the enactment of this    
,act and shall apply with respect to    
deaths that occur on or after that date4