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Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act
To remove the six-year statute of limitations on certain claims against the United States Government by survivors of members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001.
Summary
The Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act removes the statute of limitations on survivor benefit claims filed against the U.S. Government by survivors of members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001. Under current law, such claims are subject to a six-year deadline, but this bill eliminates that time limit for this specific category of claims. The change applies to claims filed on or after the law's enactment date, allowing survivors to file survivor benefit claims without time restriction.
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Sponsor (1)
11 cosponsors
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA)
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL)
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA)
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA)
- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jared F. Golden’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $22,635
- GREYLOCK PARTNERS $19,404
- BERKSHIRE PARTNERS, LLC $18,140
- BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE GROUP $14,804
- TEXAS CRUDE ENERGY, LLC $14,140
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jared F. Golden → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 20, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 2025
Mr. Golden of Maine (for himself and Mr. Luttrell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To remove the six-year statute of limitations on certain claims against the United States Government by survivors of members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act”.
SEC. 2. REMOVING STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
(a) In General.—Section 3702(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “or” at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(C) a claim for survivor benefits under subsection
(a)(1)(A) by a survivor of a member of the armed forces who died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, in which case no time limitation for the receipt of such claim shall apply.”.
(b) Applicability Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a claim filed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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