S.Amdt. 234

SA 234. Mr. COONS (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. EXTENSION OF INCREASED DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OF VETERANS
WHO DIE FROM AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS.

(a) Extension.--Section 1311(a)(2) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``The rate''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) A veteran whom the Secretary determines died from
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis shall be treated as a veteran
described in subparagraph (A) without regard for how long the
veteran had such disease prior to death.''.
(b) Applicability.--Subparagraph (B) of section 1311(a)(2)
of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a),
shall apply to a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis on or after October 1, 2022.
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