[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 35 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S2397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Nelson 
        of Florida):
  S. 546. A bill to expand the applicability of the increase in the 
automatic maximum amount of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance 
scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2001, to the deaths of certain 
members of the uniformed services who die before that date; to the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 546

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

     SECTION 1. EXPANDED APPLICABILITY OF INCREASE IN AUTOMATIC 
                   MAXIMUM COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP 
                   LIFE INSURANCE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 312(c) of the 
     Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 
     (Public Law 106-419; 114 Stat. 1854; 38 U.S.C. 1967 note) or 
     any other provision of law, the amount of Servicemembers' 
     Group Life Insurance in force under subchapter III of chapter 
     19 of title 38, United States Code, for each individual 
     described in subsection (b) at the time of such individual's 
     death as described in that subsection shall be $250,000.
       (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this 
     subsection is any individual insured under section 1967 of 
     title 38, United States Code, who--
       (1) during the period beginning on October 1, 2000, and 
     ending on March 30, 2001, dies in a manner covered by such 
     insurance; and
       (2) at the time of death, had not made an election under 
     that section to be insured in an amount less than automatic 
     maximum amount provided for in that section.
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