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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1779
To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to authorize a person
awarded the Medal of Honor to designate an individual to receive the
special pension after death, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 14, 2019
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee
on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to authorize
a person awarded the Medal of Honor to designate an
individual to receive the special pension after death, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING A PERSON AWARDED THE
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MEDAL OF HONOR TO DESIGNATE AN INDI-
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VIDUAL TO RECEIVE THE SPECIAL PENSION
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AFTER DEATH.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1562 of title 38, United
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States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Sec-
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retary’’; and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(2) A person described in paragraph (1) may des-
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ignate an individual to receive the special pension under
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this section after the death of that person by notifying
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the Secretary of such designation in writing. In the case
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of a Medal of Honor that is awarded posthumously, the
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individual authorized under section 1482(c) of title 10 to
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direct disposition of the remains of the person shall be
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treated as such a designee.’’;
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(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘(or the des-
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ignee of such person under subsection (a)(2))’’ be-
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fore ‘‘shall not’’; and
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(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘person
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who is in receipt of special pension payable under
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this section’’ and inserting ‘‘person described in
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paragraph (1) of subsection (a) (or the designee of
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such a person under paragraph (2) of that sub-
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section)’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1134a of
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title 10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘living’’; and
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(2) in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by
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inserting ‘‘(or the designee of that person under sub-
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section (a)(2) of that section)’’ before the period.
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