Survivor Benefits
In 2009, I co-sponsored a bipartisan bill (S. 535) to ensure full benefits for the surviving spouses of military retirees who paid into the Survivor Benefits Plan. Currently, service members pay a premium so that their surviving spouses will continue to have income from the plan, but the amount the spouse receives is offset by any money received from dependency and indemnity compensation, which is compensation for a service-connected death and the resulting economic loss. This legislation would end that unfair practice.
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