[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3708]
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  SA 698. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Casey, Mr. Manchin, 
Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Tester, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Sanders) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1086. INCREASE OF MAXIMUM AGE FOR CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR 
                   MEDICAL CARE UNDER CHAMPVA PROGRAM.

       (a) Increase.--Subsection (c) of section 1781 of title 38, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(c)(1) Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (iii) of section 
     101(4)(A) of this title and except as provided in paragraph 
     (2), for purposes of this section, a child is eligible for 
     benefits under subsection (a) until the child's 26th 
     birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.
       ``(2) This subsection shall not be construed to limit 
     eligibility for benefits under subsection (a) of a child 
     described in section 101(4)(A)(ii) of this title.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Such subsection, as so amended, shall 
     apply with respect to medical care provided on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
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