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On the recordSeptember 13, 2022
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8260) to amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the timeframe for designation of benefits under Department of Veterans Affairs life insurance programs, to improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 8260 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act of 2022''. SEC. 2. TIMEFRAME FOR DESIGNATION OF ALTERNATE BENEFICIARIES AND PAYMENT OF BENEFITS UNDER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAMS. (a) National Service Life Insurance.--Section 1917(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``two years'' and inserting ``one year''; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``four'' and inserting ``two''. (b) United States Government Life Insurance.--Section 1952(c)(1) of such title is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``two years'' and inserting ``one year''; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``four'' and inserting ``two''.…
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Mark Takano
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