S.Amdt. 337

SA 337. Mr. HAGEL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 159, strike line 6 and all that follows through page 161, line 21, and insert the following:

Sec. 1112. (a) Increase in Death Gratuity.--

(1) Increase.--Section 1478(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “$12,000” and inserting “$100,000”.

(2) Effective date; termination.--

(A) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

(B) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall terminate on September 30, 2005. Effective as of October 1, 2005, the provisions of section 1478 of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the date before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be revived.

(b) Additional Gratuity for Deaths Before Effective Date.--

(1) Requirement to pay additional gratuity.--In the case of a member of the Armed Forces who died before the date of the enactment of this Act, but on or after October 7, 2001, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall pay a death gratuity in accordance with this subsection that is in addition to the death gratuity payable in the case of such death under sections 1475 through 1477 of title 10, United States Code.