,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,lawler 7for himself and ,mr4 ,conaway7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to automatically pay dependency
 and indemnity compensation to a        
survivor of a veteran with a            
service-connected mental disorder who   
dies by suicide4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the               
,service-,connected ,suicide            
,compensation ,act4  #b4 ,automatic     
dependency and indemnity compensation   
for survivors of a veteran with a       
service-connected mental disorder who   
dies by suicide ,section #acaj7;a7 of   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by inserting 7#a7 before
 ,when2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end  
the following new paragraph3  7#b7 ,the 

,secretary shall pay dependency and     
indemnity compensation to the surviving 
spouse1 children1 and parents of a      
veteran who the ,secretary determines-- 
7,a7 has a mental disorder that is a    
service-connected disability2 and  7,b7 
dies by suicide4  4