H.R. 7050 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7050 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2022Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Massie, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Cole, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the administration of certain benefits payable to survivors of deceased veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act. 2. Payment of certain benefits to survivors of deceased veterans by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a) Payment of benefits for month of death Section 5310 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking A surviving spouse and inserting An eligible survivor; (2) in subsection (b), by striking surviving spouse both places it appears and inserting eligible survivor; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Eligible survivor defined In this section, the term eligible survivor means the living person first listed below: (1) The veteran's spouse. (2) The veteran's children (in equal shares). (3) The veteran's dependent parents (in equal shares). . (b) Accrued benefits Section 5121 of title 38, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) The amount of the accrued benefit payable under subsection (a) on behalf on an individual is the total amount of the periodic monetary benefits (other than insurance and servicemen's indemnity) under laws administered by the Secretary to which the individual was entitled at death for the entire period of time for which the individual was entitled to, but did not receive, such benefits. . (c) Effective date The amendments 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 date.