S.Amdt. 276

SA 276. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. Rosen) 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 VII, insert the
following:

SEC. 7__. 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--
``(i) is entitled to retired or retainer pay, or equivalent
pay; and
``(ii) is enrolled in family coverage under TRICARE
Prime.''.
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