U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 89
Ensuring Survivor Benefits during COVID-19 Act of 2021
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-connected disabilities who die from COVID-19 to determine whether their service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory causes of death, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Kyrsten SinemaD-AZ
- Introduced
- January 28, 2021, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (17)
13 Democrats, 4 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Richard BlumenthalD-CT
- John BoozmanR-AR
- Christopher A. CoonsD-DE
- Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
- Thom TillisR-NC
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
Signed on later
- Joe Manchin, IIID-WVFebruary 23, 2021
- Susan M. CollinsR-MEMarch 2, 2021
- Jack ReedD-RIMarch 2, 2021
- Edward J. MarkeyD-MAMarch 10, 2021
- Sheldon WhitehouseD-RIMarch 23, 2021
- Roger F. WickerR-MSMarch 23, 2021
- Mark KellyD-AZMay 11, 2021
- Gary C. PetersD-MIMay 11, 2021
- Tammy BaldwinD-WIMay 18, 2021
- Margaret Wood HassanD-NHMay 26, 2021
- Angus S. King, Jr.D-MEJune 8, 2021