Caring for Survivors Act of 2025
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a compliance mandate provision: 2. Increase in amount of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses Section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (1), by striking and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Modification of requirements for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death Section 1318 of title. It relies on compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Defense.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a compliance mandate provision: 2. Increase in amount of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses Section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (1), by striking...
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Modification of requirements for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death Section 1318 of title...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a compliance mandate provision: 2. Increase in amount of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses Section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (1), by striking and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Modification of requirements for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death Section 1318 of title.
Key Policy Areas
Defense
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a compliance mandate provision: 2. Increase in amount of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses Section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (1), by striking and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Modification of requirements for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death Section 1318 of title.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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