,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gicb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,van ,epps 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,kiggans
 of ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 ,mr4 ,davis
 of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,ellzey1 ,mr4
 ,harrigan1 ,mr4 ,timmons1 ,mr4 ,bishop1
 ,mr4 ,van ,orden1 ,mr4 ,rose1 ,mr4     
,james1 and ,mr4 ,burchett7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to increase the death       
gratuity payable upon the death of a    
member of the ,armed ,forces and to     
provide for annual cost-of-living       
adjustments to such death gratuity1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,honoring
 ,our ,nation's ,obligation to ,remember
 ,gold ,star ,families ,act or the      
,,honor ,gold ,star ,families ,act4  #b4
 ,increase in death gratuity  7a7       
,increase ,section #adgh7;a7 of title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking #ajj1jjj and inserting      

#bjj1jjj4  7b7 ,applicability ,the      
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply with respect to deaths occurring  
on or after ,january #a1 #bjbf4  #c4    
,cost-of-living adjustment of death     
gratuity  7a7 ,adjustment ,section #adgh
 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 as
 amended by section #b of this ,act1 is 
amended by inserting after subsection   
7b7 the following new subsection3  7c7  
,annual adjustment to death gratuity    
7#a7 ,on ,january #a of each year1 the  
amount of the death gratuity payable    
under subsection 7a7 shall be increased 
by the percentage 7if any7 by which the 
,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban 
,consumers1 published by the ,bureau of 
,labor ,statistics1 during the preceding
 calendar year exceeds such ,consumer   
,price ,index for the calendar year     
before such preceding calendar year1    
rounded to the nearest #ajj4  7#b7 ,the 
,secretary of ,defense shall annually   
publish the amount of the death gratuity
 payable under subsection 7a71 as       

adjusted by paragraph 7#a71 in the      
,federal ,register4  4  7b7             
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 shall apply beginning on 
,january #a1 #bjbg4