S.Amdt. 3893

SA 3893. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 704. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HEARING AIDS TO
INCLUDE CHILDREN OF CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.

Paragraph (16) of section 1077(a) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(16) Except as provided by subsection (g), a hearing aid,
but only if the dependent has a profound hearing loss, as
determined under standards prescribed in regulations by the
Secretary of Defense in consultation with the administering
Secretaries, and only for the following dependents:
``(A) A dependent of a member of the uniformed services on
active duty.
``(B) A dependent under subparagraph (D) or (I) of section
1072(2) of this title of a former member of the uniformed
services who is entitled to retired or retainer pay, or
equivalent pay.''.
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