,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,hayes 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,ms4
 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,gooden1 ,mr4 ,himes1 and
 ,ms4 ,wild7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to create a dependency   
and indemnity compensation allowance for
 surviving spouses receiving dependency 
and indemnity compensation from the     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,dependency and ,indemnity ,compensation
 ,improvement ,act of #bjai4  #b4       
,dependency and indemnity compensation  
allowance for surviving spouses         
receiving dependency and indemnity      
compensation from the ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,allowance  7#a7
 ,in general ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter
 #ac of title #ch1 ,united ,states      

,code1 is amended by inserting after    
section #acaa the following new section3
  #acaa;,a4 ,dependency and indemnity   
compensation allowance for surviving    
spouses ,a dependency and indemnity     
compensation allowance shall be paid to 
a surviving spouse who is entitled to   
receive dependency and indemnity        
compensation under section #acaa7;a7 of 
this title at the monthly rate equal to 
the amount by which-- 7#a7 the amount   
that is #ee percent of the rate of      
monthly compensation in effect under    
section #aaad7;j7 of this title1 exceeds
  7#b7 the amount of dependency and     
indemnity compensation the surviving    
spouse is entitled to receive under     
section #acaa7;a7 of this title4  4     
7#b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of  
sections at the beginning of chapter #ac
 of such title is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section #acaa
 the following new item3  #acaa;,a4     
,dependency and indemnity compensation  
allowance for surviving spouses4  4  7b7

 ,rule of construction ,nothing in      
section #acaa;,a of such title1 as added
 by subsection 7a77#a71 shall be        
construed to have an effect on any      
amount of payment under section #adej of
 title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4