S.Amdt. 2119

SA 2119. Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Schmitt, and Mr.
Kelly) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 1095. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES FOR SERVICES UNDER THE
DISABLED VETERANS' OUTREACH PROGRAM.

Section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
``and eligible persons'' after ``eligible veterans''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, and eligible
persons,'' after ``Other eligible veterans'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and eligible persons''
after ``veterans'' each place it appears; and
(C) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by inserting ``or eligible person'' after ``veteran''
each place it appears; and
(ii) by inserting ``or eligible person's'' after
``veteran's'';
(2) in subsection (d)(1)--
(A) by inserting ``and eligible persons'' after ``eligible
veterans'' each place it appears; and
(B) by striking ``non-veteran-related''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(e) Eligible Person Defined.--In this section, the term
`eligible person' means--
``(1) any spouse described in section 4101(5) of this
title; or
``(2) the spouse of any person who died while a member of
the Armed Forces.''.
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