H.R. 4730: The Post-Widows Tax Repeal SBP Open Enrollment for Service-Disabled Veterans Act
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H.R. 4730: The Post-Widows Tax Repeal SBP Open Enrollment for Service-Disabled Veterans Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-27 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
The Post-Widows Tax Repeal SBP Open Enrollment for Service-Disabled Veterans Act
Plain summary
The Post-Widows Tax Repeal SBP Open Enrollment for Service-Disabled Veterans Act This bill establishes an open enrollment period for the Survivor Benefit Plan for a member or former member of the uniformed services who, on the day before the first day of the enrollment period, discontinued participation in the Survivor Benefit Plan (due to spousal eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation), and is entitled to retired pay, or would be entitled to retired pay but for the fact the individual is under 60 years of age.
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Official text
The Post-Widows Tax Repeal SBP Open Enrollment for Service-Disabled Veterans Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] · 2 cosponsors
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Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4730.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr4730 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117