S. 749IntroducedARMED FORCES AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
Marriage and family status · Neurological disorders · Veterans' pensions and compensation
Key facts
Introduced: Feb 26, 2025
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 12
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Apr 29, 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Summary
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.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Apr 29, 2026Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- Feb 26, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Feb 26, 2025Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] D-DE
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] R-SD
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] D-RI
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] D-MI
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] R-LA
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] D-NV
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] R-ND
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] D-GA
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] D-IL
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] D-NJ
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] D-WI
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] D-CO
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