S. 5014 (Introduced in Senate) — Veteran Suicide Spousal Career Services Act

This Act may be cited as the “Veteran Suicide Spousal Career Services Act”.

Section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “and eligible persons” after “eligible veterans”; and

(ii)

in subparagraph (C), by inserting “, and eligible persons,” after “Other eligible veterans”;

(B)

in paragraph (2), by inserting “and eligible persons” after “veterans” each place it appears; and

(C)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

by inserting “or eligible person” after “veteran” each place it appears; and

(ii)

by inserting “or eligible person’s” after “veteran’s”;

(2)

in subsection (d)(1)—

(A)

by inserting “and eligible persons” after “eligible veterans” each place it appears; and

(B)

by striking “non-veteran-related”; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(e) Eligible person defined—In this section, the term eligible person means—

“(1) any spouse described in section 4101(5) of this title;

“(2) the spouse of any person who died while a member of the Armed Forces; or

“(3) the spouse of any person who died by suicide with a service-connected disability.”

Veteran Suicide Spousal Career Services Act