S.Amdt. 2135
What it does: Adds SEC. 646. SENSE OF SENATE THAT FUNDS FOR DEATH GRATUITIES AND RELATED SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS at the end of subtitle D of title VI
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-WV)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 646. SENSE OF SENATE THAT FUNDS FOR DEATH GRATUITIES AND RELATED SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS at the end of subtitle D of title VI
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
"(3) In the case of an individual who is treated as a retiree dependent described in paragraph (1)(B) on the date on which the member providing the basis for such individual's dependent status under this section dies or becomes permanently incapacitated, no further certification of the individual as a retiree dependent on the basis of dependency for financial support shall be required or carried out for purposes of this section on or after that date.".
Inserted: SEC. 646. SENSE OF SENATE THAT FUNDS FOR DEATH GRATUITIES AND RELATED SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The death gratuity and related survivor benefits are a one-time payment to help families with the acute financial hardships that accompany the loss of a deceased member of the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (2) During the recent lapse in appropriations, the death gratuity and related survivor benefits were suspended until an appropriations Act covering payment of such benefits was enacted.
Inserted: (3) Not paying the death gratuity and related survivor benefits in a timely manner stands against our values as a Nation to honor and support those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Inserted: (4) While it is altruistic to declare that lapses in annual appropriations must be avoided, a history of periodic lapses in annual appropriations suggests other such lapses are possible.
Inserted: (5) It is time for permanent legislation that will ensure death gratuities and related survivor benefit for families of deceased members of the Armed Forces are not subject to annual appropriations.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that funds for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces should not be subject to annual appropriations.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2135. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Moran) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 646. SENSE OF SENATE THAT FUNDS FOR DEATH GRATUITIES AND RELATED SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The death gratuity and related survivor benefits are a one-time payment to help families with the acute financial hardships that accompany the loss of a deceased member of the Armed Forces.
(2) During the recent lapse in appropriations, the death gratuity and related survivor benefits were suspended until an appropriations Act covering payment of such benefits was enacted.
(3) Not paying the death gratuity and related survivor benefits in a timely manner stands against our values as a Nation to honor and support those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
(4) While it is altruistic to declare that lapses in annual appropriations must be avoided, a history of periodic lapses in annual appropriations suggests other such lapses are possible.
(5) It is time for permanent legislation that will ensure death gratuities and related survivor benefit for families of deceased members of the Armed Forces are not subject to annual appropriations.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that funds for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces should not be subject to annual appropriations.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 18, 2013