[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5985]
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  SA 3248. Mr. SULLIVAN 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 C of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 630. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS THAT 
                   ARISE FROM THE DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       (a) Death Gratuity.--Section 1475(a)(4) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``for a period of more 
     than 13 days''.
       (b) Recovery, Care, and Disposition of Remains.--Section 
     1481(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(11) Any person not otherwise covered by this section 
     whose death entitles a survivor of such person to a death 
     gratuity under section 1475 of this title.''.
       (c) Eligibility for Assistance From a Casualty Assistance 
     Officer.--Section 633 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 1475 
     note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) an individual not described in subparagraph (A) or 
     (B) who is entitled to a death gratuity under section 1475 of 
     title 10, United States Code.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``spouses and dependents'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``survivors''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``spouses and other 
     dependents of deceased members'' and inserting ``such 
     survivors''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``the spouse and 
     other dependents of a deceased member of the Armed Forces'' 
     and inserting ``such a survivor''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to a death that occurs on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
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