[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2647 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2647


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 3 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective 
   date of any changes in benefits under the Servicemen's Group Life 
    Insurance program shall be based on the International Date Line.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CHANGES IN SERVICEMEN'S GROUP LIFE 
              INSURANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Use of International Date Line.--Section 1967 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) The effective date and time for any change in benefits under 
the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program shall be based on the 
date and time according to the time zone immediately west of the 
International Date Line.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to amendments to chapter 19 of title 38, United 
States Code, that take effect after November 29, 1992.
            Passed the House of Representatives August 2, 1993.
            Attest:
                                                   DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
                                                                 Clerk.