The bill would amend title 38 so that payments resume automatically on the date an incarcerated person is released.
As Congressman, he will support legislation to make resumed VA compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation payments restart automatically when incarceration ends.
Occurrences
Evidence
The press releases index shows that on March 24, 2026, Rep. Herb Conaway and Rep. Morgan Luttrell introduced bicameral, bipartisan legislation to support mental health services for incarcerated veterans.
Assessments
As of June 12, 2026, the record here does not show that Rep. Herbert C. Conaway Jr., who has served in the U.S. House since January 3, 2025, specifically supported legislation to make VA compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation restart automatically when a veteran's incarceration ends. The cited March 24, 2026 House press-release evidence shows that Conaway introduced bipartisan legislation on mental health services for incarcerated veterans, which is relevant to the broader topic but not to the specific promised policy on automatic resumption of compensation and DIC payments. Because he remains in office and there is some related veterans-incarceration legislative activity but no concrete evidence yet of action on the exact promise or of the promised policy becoming law, the best judgment is unresolved rather than delivered, partial, or never.