Gold Star Spouses Health Care Enhancement Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9974 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9974 To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the health care benefits available for Gold Star surviving spouses. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 11, 2024 Ms. Kaptur (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the health care benefits available for Gold Star surviving spouses. 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 ``Gold Star Spouses Health Care Enhancement Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR GOLD STAR SURVIVING SPOUSES. (a) Medical Benefits.--Section 1079(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``except as provided by paragraph (5),'' after ``benefits under…