[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2839. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and 
Mr. McCain) 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. ELECTION OF SUPERSEDING BENEFICIARY IN THE SURVIVOR 
                   BENEFIT PLAN IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A 
                   DEPENDENT CHILD BENEFICIARY.

       (a) In General.--Section 1448(b) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(8) Election of new beneficiary upon death of dependent 
     child beneficiary.--If a dependent child who is a beneficiary 
     under the Plan dies, the participant in the Plan may elect a 
     new beneficiary. The new beneficiary so elected shall be a 
     natural person with an insurable interest in that participant 
     who is not otherwise ineligible to be elected as a 
     beneficiary under any other provision of this section at the 
     time of election. The election shall be made, if at all, not 
     later than 180 days after the date of death of the dependent 
     child.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
     take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
     shall apply with respect to participants in the Survivor 
     Benefit Plan for deaths of dependent child beneficiaries in 
     the Plan that occur on or after that date.
       (2) Deaths of children before enactment.--A participant in 
     the Survivor Benefit Plan may make an election under 
     paragraph (8) of section 1448(b) of title 10, United States 
     Code (as added by subsection (a)), in connection with the 
     death of a dependent child beneficiary that occurred before 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, but only if the date 
     of death occurred on or after October 1, 2006. Any such 
     election shall be made, if at all, not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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