Veteran Suicide Spousal Career Services Act

Bill Cassidy

Republican · LA · Senator

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2026-07-16

Source: Congress.gov

The bill would expand the disabled veterans' outreach program to help certain spouses of disabled veterans find jobs and access employment services. Currently, these support services are limited mainly to veterans themselves, but this change would allow eligible spouses to receive the same job training, placement assistance, and career counseling. This would affect military families by giving spouses additional resources to enter or advance in the workforce.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5014 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5014 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 16, 2026 Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Suicide Spousal Career Services Act''. SEC. 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.''. <all>

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