legislation: 115-hr-6679

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115-hr-6679	115	hr	6679	Veterans VOW Act	Armed Forces and National Security	2018-08-24	2018-08-24	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.	House	Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-18]	PA	D	L000588	1	Veterans Valuing Our Widows and Widowers Act or the Veterans VOW Act This bill requires the payment of a Medal of Honor special pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient if that person was married to the recipient for (1) at least one year prior to the veteran's death; or (2) any period of time if a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage. The bill increases the special pension for a living Medal of Honor recipient to $1329.58 per month.	2023-01-11T13:41:43Z

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