[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2505 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2505

To require a report on the effect of the phase-out of the reduction of 
 Survivor Benefit Plan survivor annuities by the amount of dependency 
                      and indemnity compensation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2023

   Mr. Braun introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a report on the effect of the phase-out of the reduction of 
 Survivor Benefit Plan survivor annuities by the amount of dependency 
                      and indemnity compensation.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON EFFECT OF PHASE-OUT OF REDUCTION OF SURVIVOR 
              BENEFIT PLAN SURVIVOR ANNUITIES BY AMOUNT OF DEPENDENCY 
              AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
a report on the effect of section 622 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 
1427) and the amendments made by such section.
    (b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
            (1) An assessment on the effect that section 622 of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 
        Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1427) and the amendments made by such 
        section had on beneficiaries and any unintended consequences 
        that were a result of such section or amendments.
            (2) An evaluation of the authority that the Secretary has 
        in a situation when the Defense Finance Accounting Service 
        cannot verify the eligibility of a spouse and payments are 
        paused for the child.
            (3) Recommendations for legislative action to ensure the 
        Secretary has the flexibility to make payments under subchapter 
        II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to dependent 
        children that are under the guardianship of someone other than 
        the surviving spouse.
            (4) An assessment of the process of the Department for 
        determining eligibility for survivor benefits under subchapter 
        II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, and 
        dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of title 
        38, United States Code, and the coordination between the 
        Defense Finance Accounting Service and the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs for such benefits.
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