S.Amdt. 3248

SA 3248. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him 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 C of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 630. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS THAT
ARISE FROM THE DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE ARMED
FORCES.

(a) Death Gratuity.--Section 1475(a)(4) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``for a period of more
than 13 days''.
(b) Recovery, Care, and Disposition of Remains.--Section
1481(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(11) Any person not otherwise covered by this section
whose death entitles a survivor of such person to a death
gratuity under section 1475 of this title.''.
(c) Eligibility for Assistance From a Casualty Assistance
Officer.--Section 633 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 1475
note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) an individual not described in subparagraph (A) or
(B) who is entitled to a death gratuity under section 1475 of
title 10, United States Code.''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``spouses and dependents'' each place it
appears and inserting ``survivors''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``spouses and other
dependents of deceased members'' and inserting ``such
survivors''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``the spouse and
other dependents of a deceased member of the Armed Forces''
and inserting ``such a survivor''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply to a death that occurs on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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