S.Amdt. 698

SA 698. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Casey, Mr. Manchin,
Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Tester, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Sanders)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1086. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AGE FOR CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR
MEDICAL CARE UNDER CHAMPVA PROGRAM.

(a) Increase.--Subsection (c) of section 1781 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(c)(1) Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (iii) of section
101(4)(A) of this title and except as provided in paragraph
(2), for purposes of this section, a child is eligible for
benefits under subsection (a) until the child's 26th
birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.
``(2) This subsection shall not be construed to limit
eligibility for benefits under subsection (a) of a child
described in section 101(4)(A)(ii) of this title.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Such subsection, as so amended, shall
apply with respect to medical care provided on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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