S.Amdt. 2535

SA 2535. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2019

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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 C of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 622. ONE-YEAR OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR THE SURVIVOR
BENEFIT PLAN COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2019.

(a) In General.--Section 645 of the Ronald W. Reagan
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (10
U.S.C. 1448 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``the open enrollment
period specified in subsection (f)'' and inserting ``an open
enrollment period specified in subsection (f)''; and
(2) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following
new subsection (f):
``(f) Open Enrollment Periods.--The open enrollment periods
under this section shall be the periods as follows:
``(1) The one-year period beginning on October 1, 2005.
``(2) The one-year period beginning on October 1, 2019.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended
by striking ``the open enrollment period'' each place it
appears and inserting ``an open enrollment period''.
(c) Heading Amendment.--The heading of such section is
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 645. ONE-YEAR OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIODS IN SURVIVOR
BENEFIT PLAN COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2005, AND
OCTOBER 1, 2019.''.

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