Veteran Suicide Spousal Career Services Act
S. 5014119th Congress

Veteran Suicide Spousal Career Services Act

Introduced in the SenateSen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)18 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in Senate · Jul 16, 2026

Section 1. Short title

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

Section 2. Eligibility of spouses for services under the disabled veterans’ outreach program

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.

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