The Survivor Benefits Fairness Act adjusts when certain veterans' benefits are reduced or stopped based on life events like marriage, remarriage, or death. Specifically, the bill changes the timing so that benefit reductions or discontinuances take effect on the last day of the month during which a qualifying event occurs, rather than the last day of the month before the event. This affects veterans receiving compensation, their dependents receiving dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensioners under the Department of Veterans Affairs. The change applies to any marriages, remarriages, or deaths that occur after the bill is signed into law. No specific funding amounts or appropriations are mentioned in the legislation.
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