A bill to require a report on the effect of the phase-out of the reduction of Survivor Benefit Plan survivor annuities by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation.

This bill (S 2505) requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress assessing the impact of a 2020 policy change. Specifically, it examines how section 622 of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (which phased out reducing military survivor annuities by the amount of VA disability compensation) affected beneficiaries and created unintended consequences. The report must evaluate issues like paused payments when eligibility can't be verified, recommend solutions for paying dependent children under guardianship, and assess coordination between military and VA benefit systems. This is a procedural requirement for data collection, not a policy change, directly affecting military survivors and families receiving both military survivor benefits and VA disability compensation.