,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #igj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,strickland 7for herself and  
,mr4 ,self7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs to periodically  
review the automatic maximum coverage   
under the ,servicemembers' ,group ,life 
,insurance program and the ,veterans'   
,group ,life ,insurance program1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,fairness for 
,servicemembers and their ,families ,act
 of #bjbe4  #b4 ,periodic review of     
automatic maximum coverage under        
,servicemembers' ,group ,life ,insurance
 and ,veterans' ,group ,life insurance  
7a7 ,in general ,subchapter ,,iii of    
chapter #ai of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section3      

#aihj;,b4 ,periodic review of automatic 
maximum coverage  7a7 ,in general ,on   
,january #a1 #bjbf1 and every five years
 thereafter1 the ,secretary shall-- 7#a7
 complete a review of how the amount    
specified in section                    
#aifg7;a77#c77;,a77i7 compares to the   
amount described in subsection 7b72 and 
7#b7 submit to the ,committees on       
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,senate the    
results of the review1 which may serve  
as a guide for coverage increases within
 the existing administrative incremental
 structure4  7b7 ,amount described ,the 
amount described in this subsection is  
the amount equal to-- 7#a7 #ejj1jjj2    
multiplied by  7#b7 the average         
percentage by which the ,consumer ,price
 ,index changed during the five fiscal  
years preceding the review under        
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,consumer ,price   
,index defined ,in this section1 the    
term ,consumer ,price ,index means the  
,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban 

,consumers published by the ,bureau of  
,labor ,statistics of the ,department of
 ,labor4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment    
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter #ai of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to 
section #aihj;,a the following new item3
  #aihj;,b4 ,periodic review of         
automatic maximum coverage4  4