S.Amdt. 2839

SA 2839. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and
Mr. McCain) 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. ELECTION OF SUPERSEDING BENEFICIARY IN THE SURVIVOR
BENEFIT PLAN IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A
DEPENDENT CHILD BENEFICIARY.

(a) In General.--Section 1448(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(8) Election of new beneficiary upon death of dependent
child beneficiary.--If a dependent child who is a beneficiary
under the Plan dies, the participant in the Plan may elect a
new beneficiary. The new beneficiary so elected shall be a
natural person with an insurable interest in that participant
who is not otherwise ineligible to be elected as a
beneficiary under any other provision of this section at the
time of election. The election shall be made, if at all, not
later than 180 days after the date of death of the dependent
child.''.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and
shall apply with respect to participants in the Survivor
Benefit Plan for deaths of dependent child beneficiaries in
the Plan that occur on or after that date.
(2) Deaths of children before enactment.--A participant in
the Survivor Benefit Plan may make an election under
paragraph (8) of section 1448(b) of title 10, United States
Code (as added by subsection (a)), in connection with the
death of a dependent child beneficiary that occurred before
the date of the enactment of this Act, but only if the date
of death occurred on or after October 1, 2006. Any such
election shall be made, if at all, not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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