,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aiaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjai,mr4
 ,waltz 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 and
 ,mr4 ,bacon7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,veterans'
 ,affairs1 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 expand       
certain benefits for survivors of       
members of the ,armed ,forces who die in
 line of duty1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,sfc ,brian ,woods ,gold ,star 
and ,military ,survivors ,act4  #b4     
,extension of commissary and exchange   
benefits for remarried spouses with     
dependent children  7a7 ,benefits       
,section #ajfb of title #aj1 ,united    

,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by    
striking ,the ,secretary and all that   
follows through an and inserting 7a7    
,certain unremarried former             
spouses4--,an2  7#b7 by striking        
commissary and exchange privileges and  
inserting use commissary stores and     
,,mwr retail facilities2 and  7#c7 by   
adding at the end the following new     
subsections3  7b7 ,certain remarried    
surviving spouses ,a surviving spouse of
 a deceased member of the armed forces1 
regardless of the marital status of the 
surviving spouse1 who has guardianship  
of dependent children of the deceased   
member1 is entitled to use commissary   
stores and ,,mwr retail facilities to   
the same extent and on the same basis as
 the unremarried surviving spouse of a  
member of the uniformed services4  7c7  
,,mwr retail facilities ,the term ,,mwr 
retail facilities has the meaning given 
that term in section #ajfc7;e7 of this  
title4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendments     
7#a7 ,section heading ,the heading of   

section #ajfb of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  #ajfb4 ,certain former spouses
 and surviving spouses  4  7#b7 ,table  
of sections ,the table of sections at   
the beginning of chapter #ed of title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking the item relating to section
 #ajfb and inserting the following new  
item3  #ajfb4 ,certain former spouses   
and surviving spouses4  4  #c4          
,continued eligibility for ,survivor    
,benefit ,plan for certain surviving    
spouses who remarry ,section            
#adej7;b77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking ,an annuity and inserting 7,a7 
,subject to subparagraph 7,b71 an       
annuity2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph3  7,b7   
,the ,secretary may not terminate       
payment of an annuity for a surviving   
spouse described in subparagraph 7,a7 or
 7,b7 of section #addh7;d77#a7 solely   
because that surviving spouse remarries4

 ,in the case of a surviving spouse who 
remarried before reaching age #ee and   
before the date of the enactment of the 
,,sfc ,brian ,woods ,gold ,star and     
,military ,survivors ,act1 the          
,secretary shall resume payment of the  
annuity to that surviving spouse for    
each month after the date of the        
enactment of that ,act4  4  #d4         
,authority of the ,secretary concerned  
to transport remains of a covered       
decedent to no more than two locations  
selected by the person designated to    
direct disposition of the remains  7a7  
,in general ,section #adhb7;a77#h7 of   
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended to read as follows3  7#h7 7,a7  
,transportation of the remains1 and     
travel and transportation allowances as 
specified in regulations prescribed     
under section #dfd of title #cg for an  
escort of one person1 to the place1     
subject to subparagraph 7,b71 selected  
by the person designated to direct      
disposition of the remains or1 if such a

 selection is not made1 to a national or
 other cemetery which is selected by the
 ,secretary and in which burial of the  
decedent is authorized4  7,b7 ,the      
person designated to direct disposition 
of the remains may select two locations 
under subparagraph 7,a7 if the second   
location is a national cemetery4  7,c7  
,when transportation of the remains     
includes transportation by aircraft     
under section #efb of the ,john ,warner 
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjjg 7,public ,law   
#aji-cfd2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #adhb note71 the
 ,secretary concerned shall provide1 to 
the maximum extent practicable1 for     
delivery of the remains by air to the   
commercial1 general aviation1 or        
military airport nearest to the place   
selected by the designee4  4  7b7       
,conforming amendment ,section #efb7;d7 
of the ,john ,warner ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjjg 7,public ,law #aji-cfd2 #aj       
,u4,s4,c4 #adhb note7 is amended--  7#a7

 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,except 
as provided in paragraph 7#b7 and       
inserting ,subject to paragraphs 7#b7   
and 7#c72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new paragraph3  7#c7     
,second location ,if the person         
designated to direct disposition of the 
remains selects two locations under     
section #adhb7;a77#h77;,b7 of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code1 the ,secretary  
concerned shall ensure that remains     
transported under this section are      
continuously escorted from ,dover ,air  
,force ,base to the first selected      
location and from the first selected    
location to the selected national       
cemetery for final disposition4 ,the    
,secretary concerned is not required to 
provide an escort under this paragraph  
during the period between the arrival of
 the remains at the first location and  
the departure of the remains from that  
first location to the selected national 
cemetery4  4  #e4 ,expansion of         
authority to provide financial          

assistance to civilian providers of     
child care services or youth program    
services who provide such services to   
survivors of members of the ,armed      
,forces who die in line of duty ,section
 #agih7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by inserting 1       
survivors of members of the armed forces
 who die in line of duty while on active
 duty1 active duty for training1 or     
inactive duty for training1 after armed 
forces4  #f4 ,continued eligibility for 
dependency and indemnity compensation   
for surviving spouses who remarry  7a7  
,in general ,section #ajc7;d7 of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b77;,b71 by adding 
at the end the following3 ,subject to   
sections #adej7;c7 and #adea7;c77#b7 of 
title #aj1 the remarriage of a surviving
 spouse shall not bar the furnishing of 
benefits under section #acaa of this    
title to the surviving spouse of a      
veteran42 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#e71  
by striking subparagraph 7,a7 and       

renumbering subparagraphs 7,b71 7,c71   
and 7,d7 as subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71   
and 7,c71 respectively4  7b7 ,resumption
 of payments to certain individuals     
previously denied dependency and        
indemnity compensation ,beginning on the
 first day of the first month after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary shall resume payment of      
dependency and indemnity compensation   
under section #acaa of such title to    
each living individual who--  7#a7 is   
the surviving spouse of a veteran2 and  
7#b7 remarried before--  7,a7 reaching  
age #eg2 and  7,b7 the date of the      
enactment of this ,act4