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H.R. 1030: Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

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H.R. 1030: Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Plain summary

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act This bill amends the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans' benefits to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recognize a marriage based on the law of the state where the marriage occurred. When a marriage occurs outside a state, the VA shall recognize it if the marriage is lawful in the place where it occurs and could have been entered into under the laws of any state. The bill also amends the definitions of spouse and surviving spouse to remove the requirement that the spouse be of the opposite sex.

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Official text

Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] · 43 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jason Crow (D-CO), Darren Soto (D-FL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] reported raising $2.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong116-hr1030 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116