Van Epps's bipartisan HONOR Gold Star Families Act seeks to double government payments made to military families from $100,000 to $200,000.
in the context of the United States’s war against Iran, arguing it is needed to support those closest to slain soldiers. Reps. Jill Tokuda and Jen Kiggans are co-leading the legislation, which would double payments from $100,000 to $200,000 and apply retroactively to the beginning of 2026 to ensure families who lost service members in the Iran conflict are included.
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