,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjah,mr4 
,gonzalez of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,kelly of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,young of  
,alaska1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 and ,mr4 ,moulton7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to expand   
the circumstances under which           
participants may elect to discontinue   
participation in the ,survivor ,benefits
 ,plan1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,flexibility of ,annuities
 for ,income ,relief ,act of #bjah or   
the ,veterans ,,fair ,act of #bjah4  #b4
 ,conditions under which a participant  
may elect to discontinue ,section       
#addh;a7a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by striking  
at any time and all that follows through
 commences4 and inserting an em dash2   
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      

following new paragraphs3  7#a7 at any  
time during the six-year period         
beginning on the second anniversary of  
the date on which payment of retired pay
 to the participant commences2 or  7#b7 
if the ,secretary determines that each  
beneficiary of that participant has     
been-- 7,a7 diagnosed with a terminal   
illness2 or  7,b7 admitted into hospice 
care4  4