S. 1411: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension of the payment of the special survivor indemnity allowance under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
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S. 1411: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension of the payment of the special survivor indemnity allowance under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-22 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · what a sponsor is
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- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension of the payment of the special survivor indemnity allowance under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Plain summary
This bill extends through FY2023 the special survivor indemnity allowance for a surviving or former spouse of a deceased member of the Armed Forces whose annuity under the survivor benefit program is offset by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation received from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Official text
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension of the payment of the special survivor indemnity allowance under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1411.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s1411 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115