Military families would get more time to claim survivor benefits
This bill, called the "Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act," would remove the six-year time limit for certain military families to claim survivor benefits. It would give survivors of service members who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, unlimited time to file these claims. The changes would start for claims filed after the bill becomes law.
Today, survivors of service members generally have a six-year deadline to file claims for certain survivor benefits from the government. If this bill becomes law, survivors of service members who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, would no longer have any time limit to file these specific claims. This means they could file a claim at any point after the service member's death.
HR 3509 · 119th Congress · May 20, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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