# 114-hr-4519: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code.

114-hr-4519, To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] (D-FL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4519
- Congress: 114
- Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Introduced: 2016-02-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill extends through FY2022 (at increasing monthly amounts for each fiscal year) the special survivor indemnity allowance for a surviving or former spouse of a deceased member of the Armed Forces whose annuity under the survivor benefit program is offset by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation received from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- CORRINE BROWN (D-FL), 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2016-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
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## Sources
- [114-hr-4519 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4519)

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- [114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2737)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-3706: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3706)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4519 (as of 2025-11-18).