HONOR Gold Star Families Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7932 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7932

 To increase the death gratuity payable upon the death of a member of
 the Armed Forces and to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments
            to such death gratuity, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2026

 Mr. Van Epps (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Ms. Tokuda, Mr.
  Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Timmons, Mr.
     Bishop, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Rose, Mr. James, and Mr. Burchett)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 To increase the death gratuity payable upon the death of a member of
 the Armed Forces and to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments
            to such death gratuity, 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 ``Honoring Our Nation's Obligation to
Remember Gold Star Families Act'' or the ``HONOR Gold Star Families
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN DEATH GRATUITY.

    (a) Increase.--Section 1478(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``$100,000'' and inserting ``$200,000''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2026.

SEC. 3. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF DEATH GRATUITY.

    (a) Adjustment.--Section 1478 of title 10, United States Code, as
amended by section 2 of this Act, is amended by inserting after
subsection (b) the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Annual Adjustment to Death Gratuity.--(1) On January 1 of
each year, the amount of the death gratuity payable under subsection
(a) shall be increased by the percentage (if any) by which the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, during the preceding calendar year exceeds such Consumer
Price Index for the calendar year before such preceding calendar year,
rounded to the nearest $100.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall annually publish the amount of
the death gratuity payable under subsection (a), as adjusted by
paragraph (1), in the Federal Register.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply beginning on January 1, 2027.
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