# 115-hr-6679: Veterans VOW Act

115-hr-6679, Veterans VOW Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6679
- Congress: 115
- Title: Veterans VOW Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced: 2018-08-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Veterans Valuing Our Widows and Widowers Act or the Veterans VOW Act This bill requires the payment of a Medal of Honor special pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient if that person was married to the recipient for (1) at least one year prior to the veteran's death; or (2) any period of time if a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage. The bill increases the special pension for a living Medal of Honor recipient to $1329.58 per month.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2018-08-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-5780: KITTEN Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5671: Burn Pits Accountability Act
- 115-hr-4691: WOOF! Act
- 115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017
- 115-hr-4099: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants.
- 115-hr-3207: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-6679 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6679)

## Related
- [115-hr-5780: KITTEN Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5780)
- [115-hr-5671: Burn Pits Accountability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5671)
- [115-hr-4691: WOOF! Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4691)
- [115-hr-4240: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4240)
- [115-hr-4099: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless vete…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4099)
- [115-hr-3207: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3207)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6679 (as of 2025-11-18).