S.Amdt. 474

SA 474. Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Akaka) 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 157, strike line 17 and all that follows through page 158, line 19, and insert the following:

(e) Spousal Notification.--Section 1967(a)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting “(i)” after “(B)”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(ii) The Secretary shall make a good-faith effort to notify the spouse of a member if the member elects to--

“(I) change the amount of insurance coverage under this subsection; or

“(II) add a beneficiary other than the spouse.

“(iii) The failure of the Secretary to provide timely notification under clause (ii) shall not affect the validity of an election by the member.

“(iv) If a servicemember marries or remarries after making an election under clause (ii), the Secretary is not required to notify the spouse of such election. Elections made after marriage or remarriage are subject to the notice requirement under clause (ii)”.