[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2450. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. STUDY ON TRAUMATIC INJURY PROTECTION UNDER 
                   SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
     conduct a study on best practices in the administration of 
     insurance relating to traumatic injuries under section 1980A 
     of title 38, United States Code.
       (b) Elements.--If the Secretary conducts the study 
     authorized under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, in 
     carrying out the study--
       (1) consider the feasibility of allowing members of the 
     Armed Forces to elect to pay more per month to receive more 
     long-term financial support for their families in the event 
     of a traumatic injury; and
       (2) assess the feasibility and advisability of modifying 
     the existing insurance coverage under section 1980A of such 
     title to align more closely with the payout metrics offered 
     in the civilian world.
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