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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Service-Connected Suicide Compensation Act

H.R. 2264Introduced Mar 21, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide.

Sponsor: Rep. Michael Lawler R-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 4, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2264.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2264, last updated December 24, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats

9 of 11 cosponsors (82%) are from the other party.

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Lawler.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-17 district

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.