# H.R. 1228 (119th): Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Act

Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Act This bill provides that the Office of Survivors Assistance (OSA) must operate within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Currently, OSA operates within the Pension and Fiduciary Service of the Veterans Benefits Administration.)

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: administrative_reorganization. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: survivor_assistance. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veterans. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 99: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is an ordinary administrative reorganization of a veterans' survivor-assistance office. It advances a prudential good, better organization and attention to survivors, and raises no direct moral harm or clear defense of justice in its text. Under the framework it is best classed as prudential rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure concerns how the government organizes support for surviving family members of veterans, which touches on the duty of justice toward widows, orphans, and the families of those who served. It is an administrative relocation, so its moral relevance is indirect and depends on whether it improves care for survivors.

## Recorded votes

Roll 99: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 424 · Nay 0 · Other 9.

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