HR 2228
Survivor Benefits Fairness Act
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US Congress
Session
119th Congress (2025-2026)
Last updated at
Jun 13, 2026, 4:09 PM
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Bill overview
The Survivor Benefits Fairness Act aims to improve benefits for surviving spouses and children of veterans. Specifically, it adjusts the way reductions in veteran benefits are calculated when a beneficiary’s marital status changes. The bill modifies a section of the U.S. Code to ensure that benefit reductions are applied from the month in which the marital change occurred, rather than the month before, providing more consistent and equitable benefit adjustments for surviving families. This change will apply to reductions based on marriage, remarriage, or the veteran’s death.
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