[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2968 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2968

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the required 
  reduction in the amount of the accelerated death benefit payable to 
certain terminally ill persons insured under Servicemembers' Group Life 
              Insurance or Veterans' Group Life Insurance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2009

Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona (for herself and Mr. Jones) 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 eliminate the required 
  reduction in the amount of the accelerated death benefit payable to 
certain terminally ill persons insured under Servicemembers' Group Life 
              Insurance or Veterans' Group Life Insurance.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF ACCELERATED DEATH 
              BENEFIT FOR TERMINALLY ILL PERSONS INSURED UNDER SGLI OR 
              VGLI.

    (a) Elimination of Reduction.--Section 1980(b)(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``reduced by'' and all that 
follows through ``the Secretary''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a payment of an accelerated death benefit under 
section 1980 of title 38, United States Code, made after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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