Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025
This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies 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.
For purposes of compensation for a surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from ALS, the spouse must have been married to the veteran for a continuous period of eight years or longer prior to the death of the veteran.
Additionally, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must report on service-connected disabilities the VA determines should be treated in the same manner as ALS for purposes of dependency and indemnity compensation.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - PA District 1 · R-PA
26 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - NH District 1 · D-NH
U.S. Representative - IL District 13 · D-IL
U.S. Representative - NJ District 2 · R-NJ
U.S. Representative - VT · D-VT
U.S. Representative - CO District 7 · D-CO
U.S. Representative - CO District 2 · D-CO
U.S. Representative - VA District 7 · D-VA
U.S. Representative - NV District 3 · D-NV
U.S. Representative - WA District 5 · R-WA
U.S. Representative - CA District 18 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - NM District 2 · D-NM
U.S. Representative - CO District 6 · D-CO
+ 14 more cosponsors
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 1685 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| Policy Area | Armed Forces and National Security |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | February 27, 2025 |
| Latest Action | February 3, 2026 |
| Cosponsors | 26 · House vote — · — views |