119th Congress
S. 749
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Lisa Murkowski(R-AK)
- Introduced
- Feb 26, 2025
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (12)
Original cosponsors (5)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Added later (7)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · Apr 7, 2025
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND) · Apr 7, 2025
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA) · Jun 27, 2025
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · Dec 11, 2025
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) · Jan 8, 2026
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) · Jan 15, 2026
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · Jan 15, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. - Feb 26, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. - Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in Senate