[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 10129-10130]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 762. Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Corzine, 
Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Smith, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Kerry, 
Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
Pryor, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Salazar) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities and the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, 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. 642. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF REDUCTION OF SBP SURVIVOR 
                   ANNUITIES BY DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY 
                   COMPENSATION.

       (a) Repeal.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, 
     United States Code is amended--
       (1) in section 1450(c)(1), by inserting after ``to whom 
     section 1448 of this title applies'' the following: ``(except 
     in the case of a death as described in subsection (d) or (f) 
     of such section)''; and

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       (2) in section 1451(c)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
     (2) and (3), respectively.
       (b) Prohibition on Retroactive Benefits.--No benefits may 
     be paid to any person for any period before the effective 
     date provided under subsection (e) by reason of the 
     amendments made by subsection (a).
       (c) Prohibition on Recoupment of Certain Amounts Previously 
     Refunded to SBP Recipients.--A surviving spouse who is or has 
     been in receipt of an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan 
     under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States 
     Code, that is in effect before the effective date provided 
     under subsection (e) and that is adjusted by reason of the 
     amendments made by subsection (a) and who has received a 
     refund of retired pay under section 1450(e) of title 10, 
     United States Code, shall not be required to repay such 
     refund to the United States.
       (d) Reconsideration of Optional Annuity.--Section 
     1448(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new sentences: ``The 
     surviving spouse, however, may elect to terminate an annuity 
     under this subparagraph in accordance with regulations 
     prescribed by the Secretary concerned. Upon such an election, 
     payment of an annuity to dependent children under this 
     subparagraph shall terminate effective on the first day of 
     the first month that begins after the date on which the 
     Secretary concerned receives notice of the election, and, 
     beginning on that day, an annuity shall be paid to the 
     surviving spouse under paragraph (1) instead.''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the later of--
       (1) the first day of the first month that begins after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act; or
       (2) the first day of the fiscal year that begins in the 
     calendar year in which this Act is enacted.

     SEC. 643. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PAID-UP COVERAGE UNDER SURVIVOR 
                   BENEFIT PLAN.

       Section 1452(j) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``October 1, 2008'' and inserting ``October 1, 
     2005''.

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