[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2713 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2713

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the service disabled veterans' insurance program of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2009

    Mr. Donnelly of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. 
Boozman, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Space, Mr. Ellsworth, 
    Mr. Hill, Mr. Souder, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Arcuri) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the service disabled veterans' insurance program of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disabled Veterans Life Insurance 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICE DISABLED VETERANS' INSURANCE.

    (a) Open Period.--Section 1922 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) The Secretary shall provide for a two-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection during which 
a person described in paragraph (2) may submit an application for 
insurance under this section and payment of premiums for such insurance 
and be granted insurance under this section.
    ``(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person who would be 
eligible under subsection (a) for insurance under this section except 
that the person did not submit application in writing and payment of 
premiums within two years from the date that the service-connection of 
the person's disability was determined by the Secretary.''.
    (b) Revision of Premiums Schedule.--Such section is further amended 
in subsection (a)--
            (1) by striking ``the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary 
        Table of Mortality'' the first place it appears and inserting 
        ``an appropriate and current mortality table selected by the 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by striking ``the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary 
        Table of Mortality'' the second place it appears and inserting 
        ``such mortality table''.
    (c) Increase in Maximum Amount of Protection.--Such section is 
further amended in subsection (b), by striking ``$10,000'' and 
inserting ``$100,000''.
    (d) Increase in Amount of Supplemental Insurance for Totally 
Disabled Veterans.--Section 1922A(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``$20,000'' and inserting ``$50,000''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to an insurance policy issued on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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