[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4054 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4054

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the number of 
 individuals qualifying for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury 
    protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2006

 Mr. Craig (for himself and Mr. Akaka) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL



    To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the number of 
 individuals qualifying for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury 
    protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS QUALIFYING FOR RETROACTIVE BENEFITS 
              FROM TRAUMATIC INJURY PROTECTION COVERAGE UNDER 
              SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 501(b) of the Veterans' 
Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 (120 Stat. 
414; 38 U.S.C. 1980A note) is amended by striking ``, if, as determined 
by the Secretary concerned, that loss was a direct result of a 
traumatic injury incurred in the theater of operations for Operation 
Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading of such section is amended 
by striking ``in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom''.
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