To provide funds during the lapse of appropriations for the payment of military death gratuities and funeral and related transportation and housing expenses through the transfer of unobligated amounts in the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during any period for which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect for payment of military death gratuities and funeral and related transportation and housing expenses, to transfer, from unobligated amounts in the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund established by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) sufficient funds to provide the following benefits on behalf of members of the Armed Forces who die during such period:

• payment of death gratuities to certain survivors of deceased military service members, including for the death of members on active duty or inactive duty training, the death of members after discharge or release from duty or training, members and employees dying outside the United States while assigned to intelligence duties, and other eligible survivors;
• payment of authorized funeral and burial expenses, including authorized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains and unit memorial services; and
• temporary continuation of a basic allowance of housing for certain dependents of members dying on active duty.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3289 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3289

To provide funds during the lapse of appropriations for the payment of 
 military death gratuities and funeral and related transportation and 
  housing expenses through the transfer of unobligated amounts in the 
              Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 2013

 Mr. Kingston introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide funds during the lapse of appropriations for the payment of 
 military death gratuities and funeral and related transportation and 
  housing expenses through the transfer of unobligated amounts in the 
              Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF MILITARY DEATH GRATUITIES AND 
              FUNERAL AND RELATED TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING EXPENSES.

    During any period for which interim or full-year appropriations for 
fiscal year 2014 are not in effect for a purpose specified in this 
section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transfer, 
from unobligated amounts in the Health Insurance Reform Implementation 
Fund established by section 1005 of the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), to the Secretary of 
Defense sufficient funds to enable the Secretary of Defense to provide 
the following benefits on behalf of members of the Armed Forces who die 
during such period:
            (1) The payment of a death gratuity under sections 1475-
        1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code.
            (2) The payment or reimbursement for funeral and burial 
        expenses authorized under sections 1481 and 1482 of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (3) The payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral 
        travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains 
        and unit memorial services under section 481f of title 37, 
        United States Code.
            (4) The temporary continuation of a basic allowance of 
        housing for dependents of members dying on active duty, as 
        authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, United States Code.
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