Title: Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide the death gratuity and casualty assistance to the survivors of a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps who died before receiving a first duty assignment.
The bail provides for the servicemember's group life insurance to any graduate of a reserve officers' training corps who has not received a first duty assignment to automatically insure the person against death.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2564 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2564

    To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make certain 
  improvements to benefits for survivors of deceased graduates of the 
       Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2019

 Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make certain 
  improvements to benefits for survivors of deceased graduates of the 
       Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins 
III Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. DEATH GRATUITY FOR ROTC GRADUATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1475(a)(4) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding ``; or a graduate of a reserve officers' 
training corps who has yet to receive a first duty assignment; or'' at 
the end.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to deaths on or after May 1, 2017.

SEC. 3. CASUALTY ASSISTANCE FOR ROTC GRADUATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 633 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (10 U.S.C. 1475 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) ROTC Graduates Treated as Members.--For purposes of this 
section, a graduate of a reserve officers' training corps who dies 
before receiving a first duty assignment shall be treated as a member 
of the Armed Forces who dies while on active duty.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to deaths on or after May 1, 2017.

SEC. 4. SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FOR ROTC GRADUATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1967(a)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(D) Any graduate of a reserve officers' training corps 
        who has not received a first duty assignment.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to deaths on or after May 1, 2017.
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