Service-Connected Suicide Compensation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2264 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2264 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2025 Mr. Lawler (for himself and Mr. Conaway) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Service-Connected Suicide Compensation Act''. SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCY …