SB2505: 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.
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
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.
Plain-language summary
This bill requires the Department of Defense to study and report on how military survivors are affected by a policy change. The Survivor Benefit Plan is a military death benefit program that pays surviving family members of deceased service members. Currently, these survivor payments are reduced by an amount called Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (a separate military death benefit). The bill asks for a report analyzing what happens as this reduction is gradually eliminated over time. The bill is currently introduced in Congress and has not yet moved to .
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