Fulfilling Obligations to Families of the Fallen Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 610 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require notarized acknowledgment by the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for insurance under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Program before the member may elect not to be insured under such Program, to be insured under the Program for an amount less than the maximum amount, or to designate a beneficiary other than the member’s spouse or child. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 16, 2019 Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to require notarized acknowledgment by the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for insurance under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Program before the member may elect not to be insured under such Program, to be insured under the Program for an amount less than the maximum amount, or to designate a beneficiary other than the member’s spouse or child. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Jan 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H610.IH H610 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 610 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fulfilling Obligations 2 to Families of the Fallen Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE 4 SPOUSE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 5 Section 1967(f) of title 38, United States Code, is 6 amended by adding at the end the following new para- 7 graph: 8 ‘‘(5) An election described in paragraph (1) or (2) 9 and a designation described in paragraph (3) shall only 10 go into effect after the member and the member’s spouse 11 submit to the Secretary an acknowledgment of the election 12 or designation in a form that is notarized and in writing.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:09 Jan 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H610.IH H610 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS