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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 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,
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.”.