To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of the special survivor indemnity allowance provided to widows and widowers of deceased members of the uniformed services affected by required Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and indemnity compensation received under section 1311(a) of title 38, United States Code.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4519.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAYSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 24, February 10, 2016, Page H710):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2016 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4519, 114th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4519

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

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  September 22, 2026

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  b47f1eff0dfad3aeffe7dd390964c9fb27fc37a722184e13019b20606e0c130d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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