Taylor Morris Act

Bill: 113-hr-4235
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2014-03-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance

Life, casualty, property insurance

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Taylor Morris Act - Makes the $100,000 payment limit for qualified losses under the traumatic injury protection coverage of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance inapplicable to any loss directly caused by: (1) armed conflict, (2) training under conditions simulating armed conflict, (3) hazardous service, or (4) a traumatic event caused through an instrumentality of war.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4235 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2014 Mrs. Bustos (for herself and Mr. Braley of Iowa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Traumatic Injury Protection under the Ser­vice­mem­bers’ Group Life Insurance program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taylor Morris Act . 2. Removal of maximum payment amounts for certain qualified losses under Traumatic Injury Protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program Section 1980A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking and the maximum payment and inserting and, except as provided by paragraph (3)(A), the maximum ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) (A) The maximum payment amount described in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a qualifying loss directly caused by a traumatic event described in subparagraph (B). The Secretary shall determine the payment schedule for such qualifying losses as the Secretary determines appropriate without regard to such maximum payment amount. (B) A traumatic event described in this subparagraph is one of the following: (i) Armed conflict. (ii) Training under conditions simulating armed conflict. (iii) Hazardous service. (iv) A traumatic event caused through an instrumentality of war. .