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119-s-4108119th CongressWALLET

Veteran Burial Benefit Correction Act

Sponsored By: Senator Risch, James E. [R-ID]

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Summary

Indexes and raises VA burial payments for veterans whose deaths are service-connected.

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This bill would raise the base burial and funeral payment from $2,000 to $3,000 and require annual adjustments for inflation. The increases would be tied to the all-items Consumer Price Index for U.S. cities and calculated using the year-over-year change for the 12-month period ending June 30, rounded to the nearest dollar.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Higher burial payments for veterans

If enacted, the VA would raise the burial and funeral payment for deaths from a service-connected disability from $2,000 to $3,000. The $3,000 would be described as "$3,000 (as increased from time to time under subsection (b))." Each fiscal year, the VA Secretary would increase that amount automatically by the percent change in the Consumer Price Index (all items, U.S. city average). The CPI change would compare the 12-month period ending June 30 before the fiscal year to the prior 12-month period, and the result would be rounded to the nearest dollar.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Risch, James E. [R-ID]

ID • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

    ME • I

    Sponsored 3/17/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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