Title: 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.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide a death gratuity, casualty assistance, and life insurance to the survivors of a graduate of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps who dies before receiving a first duty assignment.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3178 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3178

    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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2019

Mr. Brown of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, 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

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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.

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

SECTION 1. 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 under subsection (a) applies to 
deaths on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. 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 under subsection (a) applies to 
deaths on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. 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 under subsection (a) applies to 
deaths on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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