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WASHINGTON — A new bipartisan law should speed up payments to hard-to-find survivors of recently deceased veterans, according to U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., who co-authored the measure.
President Joe Biden signed the Faster Payments to Veterans’ Survivors Act last Tuesday before heading off for a New Year’s holiday vacation with his family to St. Croix.
When a veteran passes away, the surviving spouse or child are eligible to receive certain benefits, such as life insurance proceeds.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, announced that President Biden has signed his bipartisan legislation, the Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act, into law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Biden on Tuesday signed into law bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Maggie Hassan, and supported by Congressman Chris Pappas, to help law enforcement officers respond effectively to people experiencing mental or behavioral health crises.
Today, following bipartisan advocacy led by Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01),
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) issued the following statement after helping pass a package to fully fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year 2023:
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) announced that the final government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2023 includes resources he secured for key community projects in New Hampshire. These priorities include improving public safety and supporting our first responders and law enforcement, strengthening our manufacturing and skilled workforce, investing in our infrastructure, and helping New Hampshire families.
Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) released the following statement after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Congress during his first trip abroad since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began 300 days ago.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Chair of the Oversight and Investigations (O&I) Subcommittee for the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC), announced three of his bipartisan veterans' bills to support veterans and improve key functions of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been included in the government funding package that will be considered by Congress this week.
The New Hampshire delegation welcomed $5,525,033 to plan for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable and reliable high-speed Internet service throughout the state. Funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Senators Shaheen and Hassan helped negotiate and the delegation supported.
Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) announced their legislation to extend the emergency scheduling of fentanyl analogues through December 31, 2024, has been included in the government funding package that will be considered by Congress this week.