119-hr3509

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3509 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3509

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.

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 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

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 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.
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