[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5378 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5378

 To extend the death gratuity and casualty assistance to survivors of 
  certain deceased graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2019

     Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, and Mr. Bacon) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the death gratuity and casualty assistance to survivors of 
  certain deceased graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

    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 ``Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins 
III Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. DEATH GRATUITY FOR ROTC GRADUATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1475(a)(4) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding ``; or a graduate of a reserve officers' 
training corps who received a commission but has yet to receive a first 
duty assignment; or'' at the end.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment under subsection (a) applies to 
deaths on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. CASUALTY ASSISTANCE FOR ROTC GRADUATES.

    Section 633 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (10 U.S.C. 1475 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(c) ROTC Graduates.--
            ``(1) Treated as members.--For purposes of this section, a 
        graduate of a reserve officers' training corps who receives a 
        commission and who dies before receiving a first duty 
        assignment shall be treated as a member of the Armed Forces who 
        dies while on active duty.
            ``(2) Effective date.--This subsection applies to deaths on 
        or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.''.
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