Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 33
- Latest action
- Feb 3, 2026
What it does
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025 This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death. For purposes of compensation for a surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from ALS, the spouse must have been married to the veteran for a continuous period of eight years or longer prior to the death of the veteran.…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Feb 27, 2025
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Becca Balint
- Bradley Schneider
- Brittany Pettersen
- Chris Pappas
- Chrissy Houlahan
- Cory Mills
- Deborah Ross
- Doris Matsui
- Eleanor Norton
- Eugene Vindman
- Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez
- Jason Crow
- Jefferson Van Drew
- Jill Tokuda
- Jimmy Panetta
- Joe Neguse
- Josh Gottheimer
- Josh Riley
- Julia Brownley
- Ken Calvert
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Michael Baumgartner
- Mike Kelly
- Mike Quigley
- Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski
- Rick Larsen
- Seth Magaziner
- Susie Lee
- Suzan DelBene
- Thomas Kean
- Wesley Hunt
- Zoe Lofgren
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While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.