[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5984]
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  SA 3245. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Schmitt, and Mr. 
Kelly) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 1095. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES FOR SERVICES UNDER THE 
                   DISABLED VETERANS' OUTREACH PROGRAM.

       Section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
     ``and eligible persons'' after ``eligible veterans''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, and eligible 
     persons,'' after ``Other eligible veterans'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and eligible persons'' 
     after ``veterans'' each place it appears; and
       (C) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by inserting ``or eligible person'' after ``veteran'' 
     each place it appears; and
       (ii) by inserting ``or eligible person's'' after 
     ``veteran's'';
       (2) in subsection (d)(1)--
       (A) by inserting ``and eligible persons'' after ``eligible 
     veterans'' each place it appears; and
       (B) by striking ``non-veteran-related''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Eligible Person Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `eligible person' means--
       ``(1) any spouse described in section 4101(5) of this 
     title; or
       ``(2) the spouse of any person who died while a member of 
     the Armed Forces.''.
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