S 749 ยท Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- Introduced
- Feb 26, 2025
- Latest action
- Apr 29, 2026
- Sponsor
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cosponsors
- 12
Summary
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025 This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran whom the Department of Veterans Affairs has determined died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death. Under the bill, such extension of increased compensation applies retroactively to veterans who died from ALS on or after October 1, 2022.
Recent actions
- Apr 29, 2026 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- Feb 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Feb 26, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.