HR 3123
Passed a chamber
Requires the VA to pay a veteran's approved but unpaid pension after death to a surviving spouse, children, dependent parents, or the estate, and changes a pension payment limit date from January 31, 2033 to February 28, 2033.
Official title: Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
30-APR-2025
Referred
30-APR-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
08-OCT-2025
On the calendar
08-OCT-2025
Passed
02-FEB-2026
Senate
Received
03-FEB-2026
- Creates a new section 5121B in title 38 that pays a pension approved before death, but unpaid at death, to the first living recipient in this order: spouse, children in equal shares, dependent parents in equal shares, then the estate.
- Sends the pension to the estate if no claim is filed within one year after the veteran's death.
- Applies to deaths occurring on or after the date of enactment.
- Changes the date in section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 from January 31, 2033 to February 28, 2033.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (30-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-FEB-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
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