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Monday, July 5, 2021 - 6:35 pm Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21), along with Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-3), have introduced the bipartisan Gold Star Spouses Non-Monetary Benefits Act – a bill that would restore non-monetary survivor benefits to the remarried spouses of fallen U.S. service members. This legislation applies to surviving spouses who are eligible for the Gold Star Lapel Button without regard for whether they have remarried. Following the loss of their service members, Gold Star spouses often face difficulties ranging from the change to single incomes to access to healthcare benefits. The Department of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs provide various benefits to assist with those hardships. However, many of those benefits are forfeited once a surviving spouse remarries before age 57, or in some cases, age 55. ....
Congresswoman Elise M. Stefanik has introduced a bill that would restore non-monetary survivor benefits to the remarried spouses of fallen U.S. service members. ....