To make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program.

SA 2928. Ms. HASSAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. ___. 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.''.
______