,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,sheehy introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to increase1
 and provide a cost-of-living adjustment
 with respect to1 the death gratuity for
 families of deceased members of the    
,armed ,forces4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,honor ,gold   
,star ,families ,act4  #b4 ,increase in 
and cost-of-living adjustment of death  
gratuity  7a7 ,increase in death        
gratuity  7#a7 ,increase ,section       
#adgh7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended1 in the matter        
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
#ajj1jjj and inserting #bjj1jjj4  7#b7  
,retroactive applicability ,the         
amendment made by paragraph 7#a7 shall  
apply with respect to deaths occurring  
on or after ,january #a1 #bjbf4  7b7    

,cost-of-,living adjustment of death    
gratuity ,section #adgh of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 as amended by    
subsection 7a71 is further amended by   
inserting after subsection 7b7 the      
following new subsection3  7c7  ,annual 
adjustment to death gratuity  7#a7 ,on  
,january #a1 #bjbg1 and ,january #a of  
each year thereafter1 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