S.Amdt. 556

SA 556. Mr. STEVENS 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:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following:

(e) Requirements Regarding Elections of Members To Reduce or Decline Insurance.--Section 1967(a) of such title is further amended--

(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(C) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, notice of an election of a member not to be insured under this subchapter, or to be insured under this subchapter in an amount less than the maximum amount provided under paragraph (3)(A)(i)(I), shall be provided to the spouse of the member.”; and

(2) in paragraph (3)--

(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “and (C)” and inserting “, (C), and (D)”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(D) A member with a spouse may not elect not to be insured under this subchapter, or to be insured under this subchapter in an amount less than the maximum amount provided under subparagraph (A)(i)(I), without the written consent of the spouse.”.

(f) Requirement Regarding Redesignation of Beneficiaries.--Section 1970 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(j) A member with a spouse may not modify the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the member under subsection (a) without providing written notice of such modification to the spouse.”.