# 115-hr-5301: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requiring a surviving spouse of a veteran to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies.

115-hr-5301, To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requiring a surviving spouse of a veteran to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR); status Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5301
- Congress: 115
- Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requiring a surviving spouse of a veteran to return certain payments for a month in which the veteran dies.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced: 2018-03-15
- Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring a veteran's surviving spouse to return payments of dependent's compensation or of a pension as a married veteran for the month in which the veteran dies.

## Cosponsors (23)

- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2] (R-AL), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] (R-NM), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2018-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-5301 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5301)

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