,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aggi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjai,ms4
 ,brownley of ,california introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,armed ,services1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend titles #aj and #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 to authorize a  
person awarded the ,medal of ,honor to  
designate an individual to receive the  
special pension after death1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,authorizing a     
person awarded the ,medal of ,honor to  
designate an individual to receive the  
special pension after death  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #aefb of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7a7--  7,a7 by striking  
,the ,secretary and inserting 7#a7      

,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the         
,secretary2 and  7,b7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#b7  
,a person described in paragraph 7#a7   
may designate an individual to receive  
the special pension under this section  
after the death of that person by       
notifying the ,secretary of such        
designation in writing4 ,in the case of 
a ,medal of ,honor that is awarded      
posthumously1 the individual authorized 
under section #adhb7;c7 of title #aj to 
direct disposition of the remains of the
 person shall be treated as such a      
designee4  2  7#b7 in subsection 7d71 by
 inserting 7or the designee of such     
person under subsection 7a77#b77 before 
shall not2 and  7#c7 in subsection      
7f77#a71 by striking person who is in   
receipt of special pension payable under
 this section and inserting person      
described in paragraph 7#a7 of          
subsection 7a7 7or the designee of such 
a person under paragraph 7#b7 of that   
subsection74  7b7 ,conforming amendments

 ,section #aacd;a of title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7c71 by striking living2 and 
7#b7 in subsection 7d71 in the second   
sentence1 by inserting 7or the designee 
of that person under subsection 7a77#b7 
of that section7 before the period4