[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 234. Mr. COONS (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 10__. EXTENSION OF INCREASED DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY 
                   COMPENSATION TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OF VETERANS 
                   WHO DIE FROM AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS.

       (a) Extension.--Section 1311(a)(2) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``The rate''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) A veteran whom the Secretary determines died from 
     amyotrophic lateral sclerosis shall be treated as a veteran 
     described in subparagraph (A) without regard for how long the 
     veteran had such disease prior to death.''.
       (b) Applicability.--Subparagraph (B) of section 1311(a)(2) 
     of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
     shall apply to a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral 
     sclerosis on or after October 1, 2022.
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