[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3634-S3635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2647. Mr. GRAHAM 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 end of subtitle C of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 622. PAYMENT FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY 
                   RETIREMENT FUND OF DEATH GRATUITIES FOR MEMBERS 
                   OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS 
                   THAT ARE PAYABLE DURING A LAPSE IN 
                   APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Payment Authorized.--Section 1480(d) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(d)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2)(A) If a payment under section 1475 of this title 
     would otherwise occur but for a lapse in appropriations, the 
     payment shall be made from amounts in the Department of 
     Defense Military Retirement Fund under chapter 74 of this 
     title.
       ``(B) The Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund 
     shall be reimbursed for the amount of any payments made from 
     the Fund pursuant to this paragraph during a lapse in 
     appropriations at the conclusion of the lapse in 
     appropriations. Amounts for such reimbursements shall be 
     derived from appropriations available for the payment of 
     members of the armed force concerned.
       ``(C) In this paragraph, the term `lapse in appropriations' 
     means any portion of a fiscal

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     year during which the appropriation bill for the fiscal year 
     for the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland 
     Security, as applicable, has not become law and an Act or 
     joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the 
     fiscal year is not in effect.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to DoD Military 
     Retirement Fund.--
       (1) Reimbursements of payments as asssets of mrf.--Section 
     1462 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph (3):
       ``(3) Any reimbursements of the Fund under section 
     1480(d)(2)(B) of this title for payments made as provided for 
     in section 1480(d)(2)(A) of this title.''.
       (2) Availability of funds in mrf for payments.--Section 
     1463(a) of such title is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (6):
       ``(6) amounts payable for death gratuities under section 
     1475 of this title during a lapse in appropriations as 
     provided for by section 1480(d)(2) of this title.''.
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