S.Amdt. 2647

SA 2647. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. PAYMENT FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY
RETIREMENT FUND OF DEATH GRATUITIES FOR MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS
THAT ARE PAYABLE DURING A LAPSE IN
APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) Payment Authorized.--Section 1480(d) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(d)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2)(A) If a payment under section 1475 of this title
would otherwise occur but for a lapse in appropriations, the
payment shall be made from amounts in the Department of
Defense Military Retirement Fund under chapter 74 of this
title.
``(B) The Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund
shall be reimbursed for the amount of any payments made from
the Fund pursuant to this paragraph during a lapse in
appropriations at the conclusion of the lapse in
appropriations. Amounts for such reimbursements shall be
derived from appropriations available for the payment of
members of the armed force concerned.
``(C) In this paragraph, the term `lapse in appropriations'
means any portion of a fiscal

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year during which the appropriation bill for the fiscal year
for the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland
Security, as applicable, has not become law and an Act or
joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the
fiscal year is not in effect.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments Relating to DoD Military
Retirement Fund.--
(1) Reimbursements of payments as asssets of mrf.--Section
1462 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new
paragraph (3):
``(3) Any reimbursements of the Fund under section
1480(d)(2)(B) of this title for payments made as provided for
in section 1480(d)(2)(A) of this title.''.
(2) Availability of funds in mrf for payments.--Section
1463(a) of such title is amended--
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (6):
``(6) amounts payable for death gratuities under section
1475 of this title during a lapse in appropriations as
provided for by section 1480(d)(2) of this title.''.
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