Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID–19 Act of 2021
Summary
Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to get a medical opinion to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or contributory cause of death in situations where a veteran's death certificate identifies COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) as the principal or contributory cause of death, the certificate does not clearly identify any of the veteran's service-connected disabilities as the principal or contributory cause of death, and a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation is filed with respect to the veteran.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 3, 2021
Last action Mar 16, 2021
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Total actions
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Committee
2
Mar 16, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Warren Davidson
RRepublican
Co
Blaine Luetkemeyer
RRepublican
Co
Conor Lamb
DDemocratic
Co
Daniel Meuser
RRepublican
Co
David B. McKinley
RRepublican
Co
David N. Cicilline
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Lesko
RRepublican
Co
Diana DeGette
DDemocratic
Co
Dusty Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Ed Perlmutter
DDemocratic
Co
Jaime Herrera Beutler
RRepublican
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