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HR 1228 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors Act

In plain language: This bill elevates the VA’s Office of Survivors Assistance by moving it directly into the Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Placing the office under the department’s top leadership is intended to improve advocacy and coordination for the families of deceased service members seeking pensions, healthcare, and grief counseling. The change aims to give surviving families higher priority within the agency without altering who qualifies for survivor benefits.

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People affected—No specific population or staffing numbers are detailed in the bill text.
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Veterans' care delivery+12

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it burdens

  • Office of the Secretary of Veterans AffairsSection 2 relocates the Office of Survivors Assistance directly into the Office of the Secretary, requiring the Secretary's office to directly house and oversee it.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Moves the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Survivors Assistance directly into the Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Apr 10, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. Apr 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Apr 9, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 99). (text: 4/7/2025 CR H1433-1434)
  4. Apr 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 99).
  5. Feb 12, 2025Introduced in House
  6. Feb 12, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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