Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
Sponsor

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Cosponsors (8)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)Original· 2025-03-31
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)Original· 2025-03-31
- James Lankford (R-OK)Original· 2025-03-31
- John Cornyn (R-TX)Original· 2025-03-31
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)Original· 2025-03-31
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)Original· 2025-03-31
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)Original· 2025-03-31
- Tina Smith (D-MN)Original· 2025-03-31
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsDischarged From · 2025-12-19
Previously
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDischarged From · 2025-12-19
- Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-31
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-03-31
Plain-English Summary
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act This bill expands eligibility for the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program to the spouses of certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Such program is administered by the Department of Labor and generally provides career and employment services to disabled veterans. The bill expands eligibility for the program to spouses of persons who died while members of the Armed Forces; persons who died of a service-connected disability; members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, for more than 90 days, are listed as missing in action, captured by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government power; persons who have a total permanent disability resulting from a service-connected disability; and persons who died while an evaluated total disability was in existence.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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