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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2223

  To amend chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code, to pay certain 
 benefits received by veterans through the date of their death rather 
           than through the last day of the preceding month.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2001

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code, to pay certain 
 benefits received by veterans through the date of their death rather 
           than through the last day of the preceding month.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. VETERANS BENEFITS PAID THROUGH DATE OF DEATH.

    (a) Discontinuances at Death.--Section 5112(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (11), respectively;
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
        the following new paragraph:
            ``(1) by reason of the death of a payee who was a veteran 
        shall be the day before such death;''; and
            (3) by amending paragraph (2), by striking ``, or death of 
        a payee'' and inserting ``of a payee, or by reason of death of 
        a payee who was not a veteran,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Receipt of Benefits by 
Surviving Spouse.--Section 5110(d) of such title is amended in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking ``first day of the month in which 
the death occurred'' and inserting ``date of death''.
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