[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3446-S3447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6311. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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 D of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 639. MODIFICATION OF BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR SURVIVING 
                   SPOUSES WHO REMARRY.

       (a) Continued Eligibility for Survivor Benefit Plan.--
     Section 1450 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the section heading, by striking ``, Remarriage 
     Before Age 55, etc.'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``or remarriage 
     before age 55''; and
       (ii) by striking ``or, if the surviving spouse or former 
     spouse remarries before reaching age 55, until the surviving 
     spouse or former spouse remarries''; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following 
     new paragraphs:
       ``(3) Effect of termination of subsequent marriage.--If the 
     surviving spouse or former spouse remarries and is also 
     entitled to an annuity under the Plan based upon the 
     subsequent marriage when the subsequent marriage is 
     terminated, the surviving spouse or former spouse may not 
     receive both annuities and shall elect which annuity to 
     receive.
       ``(4) Restoration of annuity for certain surviving 
     spouses.--In the case of a surviving spouse who remarried 
     before reaching age 55 and before the date of the enactment 
     of this paragraph, the Secretary shall resume payment of the 
     annuity to that surviving spouse--
       ``(A) except as provided by subparagraph (B), for each 
     month that begins on or after the date that is one year after 
     such date of enactment; or
       ``(B) on the first day of the first month beginning after 
     such date of enactment, in the case of a surviving spouse who 
     elected to transfer payment of that annuity to a surviving 
     child or children under the provisions of section 
     1448(d)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, as in effect 
     on December 31, 2019.''; and
       (2) in subsection (k)(1)--
       (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``if beneficiary 
     55 years of age or more'';
       (B) by striking ``subsequently loses'' and inserting 
     ``lost''; and
       (C) by striking ``, and if at the time of such remarriage 
     the surviving spouse or former spouse is 55 years of age or 
     more'' after ``former spouse''.
       (b) Expansion of Definition of Dependent Under TRICARE 
     Program to Include a Remarried Widow or Widower Whose 
     Subsequent Marriage Has Ended.--Section 1072(2) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (2) in subparagraph (I)(v), by striking the period at the 
     end and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(J) a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent 
     marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.''.
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