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To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-846| House 
| Updated: 2/24/2017
Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Republican Representative

South Carolina

Cosponsors (250)
Lamar Smith (Republican)Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Al Lawson (Democratic)Paul A. Gosar (Republican)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Mia B. Love (Republican)Robert Pittenger (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)David Kustoff (Republican)Mo Brooks (Republican)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)John Katko (Republican)Tom Cole (Republican)Frank D. Lucas (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)John Garamendi (Democratic)Kay Granger (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Trent Kelly (Republican)John R. Carter (Republican)Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican)Gregg Harper (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Mark Meadows (Republican)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Mike Johnson (Republican)Martha Roby (Republican)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Scott Taylor (Republican)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)Steve Womack (Republican)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Rick W. Allen (Republican)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Neal P. Dunn (Republican)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Kevin Brady (Republican)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Tim Murphy (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Paul Cook (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Stevan Pearce (Republican)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Lynn Jenkins (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Tom McClintock (Republican)Pete Sessions (Republican)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)David Rouzer (Republican)Greg Walden (Republican)Leonard Lance (Republican)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Thomas A. Garrett (Republican)Michael E. Capuano (Democratic)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Carlos Curbelo (Republican)Lou Barletta (Republican)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Rob Bishop (Republican)Sam Johnson (Republican)Mike Bishop (Republican)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ken Calvert (Republican)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)J. French Hill (Republican)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)David B. McKinley (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Jason Smith (Republican)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Walter B. Jones (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Ron DeSantis (Republican)Paul Mitchell (Independent)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Christopher H. Smith (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)Darrell Issa (Republican)John B. Larson (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Fred Upton (Republican)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Jim Cooper (Democratic)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Steve King (Republican)John Conyers (Democratic)Ted Poe (Republican)Liz Cheney (Republican)Steve Russell (Republican)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Ann Wagner (Republican)Rodney Davis (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Peter J. Roskam (Republican)Mike D. Rogers (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Roger Williams (Republican)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)David G. Reichert (Republican)Filemon Vela (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Will Hurd (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Mark Takano (Democratic)John R. Moolenaar (Republican)Bruce Westerman (Republican)John H. Rutherford (Republican)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Stephen Knight (Republican)Denny Heck (Democratic)Richard E. Neal (Democratic)Henry Cuellar (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Raul R. Labrador (Republican)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Dave Brat (Republican)Mike Bost (Republican)Scott DesJarlais (Republican)Michael K. Simpson (Republican)David G. Valadao (Republican)Diane Black (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Ted S. Yoho (Republican)Ron Kind (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Kevin McCarthy (Republican)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Dennis A. Ross (Republican)Bradley Byrne (Republican)Rick Larsen (Democratic)Vicky Hartzler (Republican)Jared Polis (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Bill Huizenga (Republican)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Matt Gaetz (Republican)Bob Goodlatte (Republican)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Bill Posey (Republican)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Joe Barton (Republican)Evan H. Jenkins (Republican)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)George Holding (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Jim Bridenstine (Republican)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Trent Franks (Republican)K. Michael Conaway (Republican)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Louie Gohmert (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Bill Johnson (Republican)David P. Roe (Republican)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Brian Babin (Republican)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Duncan D. Hunter (Republican)Vern Buchanan (Republican)John Shimkus (Republican)

Military Personnel Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act This bill: (1) repeals certain provisions that require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age, (2) prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund, and (3) requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. The Secretary concerned shall restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to the surviving child or children of a member.
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Timeline
Feb 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 24, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  • February 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.


  • February 24, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • S 115-339: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
Military personnel and dependentsVeterans' pensions and compensation

To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-846| House 
| Updated: 2/24/2017
Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act This bill: (1) repeals certain provisions that require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military retired pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age, (2) prohibits requiring repayment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund, and (3) requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. The Secretary concerned shall restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to the surviving child or children of a member.
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Timeline
Feb 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 24, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  • February 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.


  • February 24, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Republican Representative

South Carolina

Cosponsors (250)
Lamar Smith (Republican)Brenda L. Lawrence (Democratic)Al Lawson (Democratic)Paul A. Gosar (Republican)Donald Norcross (Democratic)David Loebsack (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Mia B. Love (Republican)Robert Pittenger (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)David Kustoff (Republican)Mo Brooks (Republican)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Tom O'Halleran (Democratic)John Katko (Republican)Tom Cole (Republican)Frank D. Lucas (Republican)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)John Garamendi (Democratic)Kay Granger (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Trent Kelly (Republican)John R. Carter (Republican)Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican)Gregg Harper (Republican)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Mark Meadows (Republican)Marc A. Veasey (Democratic)Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Steven M. Palazzo (Republican)Pete Olson (Republican)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Mike Johnson (Republican)Martha Roby (Republican)Robin L. Kelly (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Scott Taylor (Republican)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Don Young (Republican)Alexander X. Mooney (Republican)Brett Guthrie (Republican)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)James R. Langevin (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Steve Stivers (Republican)Steve Womack (Republican)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Lee M. Zeldin (Republican)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Raul Ruiz (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Derek Kilmer (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Rick W. Allen (Republican)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Neal P. Dunn (Republican)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Kevin Brady (Republican)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Tim Murphy (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Terri A. Sewell (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Paul Cook (Republican)Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)Stevan Pearce (Republican)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Lynn Jenkins (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Tom McClintock (Republican)Pete Sessions (Republican)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)David Rouzer (Republican)Greg Walden (Republican)Leonard Lance (Republican)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Susan A. Davis (Democratic)Suzan K. DelBene (Democratic)Jeff Duncan (Republican)Scott H. Peters (Democratic)Paul Tonko (Democratic)David Young (Republican)Tim Walberg (Republican)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Thomas A. Garrett (Republican)Michael E. Capuano (Democratic)Collin C. Peterson (Democratic)Carlos Curbelo (Republican)Lou Barletta (Republican)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Rob Bishop (Republican)Sam Johnson (Republican)Mike Bishop (Republican)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Ken Calvert (Republican)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)J. French Hill (Republican)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)David B. McKinley (Republican)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Jason Smith (Republican)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Ralph Lee Abraham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)Walter B. Jones (Republican)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Kurt Schrader (Democratic)Ron DeSantis (Republican)Paul Mitchell (Independent)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Christopher H. Smith (Republican)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)Darrell Issa (Republican)John B. Larson (Democratic)David P. Joyce (Republican)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Fred Upton (Republican)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Jim Cooper (Democratic)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)G. K. Butterfield (Democratic)Steve King (Republican)John Conyers (Democratic)Ted Poe (Republican)Liz Cheney (Republican)Steve Russell (Republican)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)Ann Wagner (Republican)Rodney Davis (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Peter J. Roskam (Republican)Mike D. Rogers (Republican)Richard Hudson (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Doris O. Matsui (Democratic)Roger Williams (Republican)Ryan A. Costello (Republican)David E. Price (Democratic)David G. Reichert (Republican)Filemon Vela (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Will Hurd (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Anna G. Eshoo (Democratic)Brian J. Mast (Republican)Mark Takano (Democratic)John R. Moolenaar (Republican)Bruce Westerman (Republican)John H. Rutherford (Republican)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Stephen Knight (Republican)Denny Heck (Democratic)Richard E. Neal (Democratic)Henry Cuellar (Democratic)Larry Bucshon (Republican)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Michael T. McCaul (Republican)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Ruben J. Kihuen (Democratic)Raul R. Labrador (Republican)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Dave Brat (Republican)Mike Bost (Republican)Scott DesJarlais (Republican)Michael K. Simpson (Republican)David G. Valadao (Republican)Diane Black (Republican)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Ted S. Yoho (Republican)Ron Kind (Democratic)Julia Brownley (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Kevin McCarthy (Republican)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Dennis A. Ross (Republican)Bradley Byrne (Republican)Rick Larsen (Democratic)Vicky Hartzler (Republican)Jared Polis (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Albio Sires (Democratic)Bill Huizenga (Republican)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Matt Gaetz (Republican)Bob Goodlatte (Republican)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Robert A. Brady (Democratic)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Republican)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Bill Posey (Republican)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Joe Barton (Republican)Evan H. Jenkins (Republican)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)George Holding (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Jim Bridenstine (Republican)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Trent Franks (Republican)K. Michael Conaway (Republican)Bradley Scott Schneider (Democratic)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Louie Gohmert (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Bill Johnson (Republican)David P. Roe (Republican)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Brian Babin (Republican)Barbara Comstock (Republican)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Duncan D. Hunter (Republican)Vern Buchanan (Republican)John Shimkus (Republican)

Military Personnel Subcommittee, Armed Services Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • S 115-339: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Military personnel and dependentsVeterans' pensions and compensation