[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3369-S3370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2535. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2019

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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 end of subtitle C of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 622. ONE-YEAR OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR THE SURVIVOR 
                   BENEFIT PLAN COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2019.

       (a) In General.--Section 645 of the Ronald W. Reagan 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (10 
     U.S.C. 1448 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``the open enrollment 
     period specified in subsection (f)'' and inserting ``an open 
     enrollment period specified in subsection (f)''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following 
     new subsection (f):
       ``(f) Open Enrollment Periods.--The open enrollment periods 
     under this section shall be the periods as follows:
       ``(1) The one-year period beginning on October 1, 2005.
       ``(2) The one-year period beginning on October 1, 2019.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended 
     by striking ``the open enrollment period'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``an open enrollment period''.
       (c) Heading Amendment.--The heading of such section is 
     amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 645. ONE-YEAR OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIODS IN SURVIVOR 
                   BENEFIT PLAN COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2005, AND 
                   OCTOBER 1, 2019.''.

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