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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2647 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 111

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2647

                          [Report No. 103-199]

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                                 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective 
   date of any changes in benefits under the Servicemen's Group Life 
    Insurance program shall be based on the International Date Line.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 29, 1993

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

                                                 Union Calendar No. 111
103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2647

                          [Report No. 103-199]

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective 
   date of any changes in benefits under the Servicemen's Group Life 
    Insurance program shall be based on the International Date Line.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 1993

 Mr. Kreidler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                             July 29, 1993

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Dicks, Mr. Slattery, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. 
  Bilirakis, Mr. Swift, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Herger, Mr. 
  Darden, Mr. Penny, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Quinn, Mr. King, Mr. Hefner, Mr. 
 Richardson, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Mr. Parker, and Mr. 
                                Williams

                             July 29, 1993

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective 
   date of any changes in benefits under the Servicemen's Group Life 
    Insurance program shall be based on the International Date Line.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CHANGES IN SERVICEMEN'S GROUP LIFE 
              INSURANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Use of International Date Line.--Section 1967 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) The effective date and time for any change in benefits under 
the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program shall be based on the 
date and time according to the time zone immediately west of the 
International Date Line.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to amendments to chapter 19 of title 38, United 
States Code, that take effect after November 29, 1992.
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