12 2 STA T .35 2 6PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 31 7— AU G .2 9, 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–3 1 7 110 thCongres s A n Act Toensur e th e fai r treat m entofamem b er of the A rme dF or c es w ho is dischar g ed from the Armed Forces , at the re q uest of the member, p ursuant to the D epartment of Defense po l ic y permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only sur v iving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of ha z ards incident to such service, was k illed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, to amend the I nternal R evenue C ode of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E
T AB LEO F CONTENTS. (a)SHORTTI T LE.— T hisActm a ybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ Hu bba r d Act ’ ’. (b) T AB LEO FC O N TENT S .—The tab l e of co n tents for this Act is as follo w s
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table of contents. Sec. 2 . Continued payment of bonuses and similar benefits for members of the Armed Forces who receive sole survivorship discharge. Sec. 3 . Availability of separation pay for members of the Armed Forces with less than si x years of active service who receive sole survivorship discharge. Sec. 4 . Transitional health care for members of the Armed Forces who receive sole survivorship discharge. Sec. 5 . Transitional commissary and exchange benefits for members of the Armed Forces who receive sole survivorship discharge. Sec. 6. V eterans benefits for members of the Armed Forces who receive sole survi - vorship discharge. Sec. 7 . U nemployment compensation for members of the Armed Forces who receive sole survivorship discharge. Sec. 8. P reference-eligible status for members of the Armed Forces who receive sole survivorship discharge. Sec. 9. Repeal of dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts. Sec. 1 0 . E ffective dates. SEC. 2 . CONTIN U E DP A YM ENT OF BONUSES AND SIMILAR BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES W HO RECEI V E SOLE SURVIVORSHIP DISCHAR G E. (a) E FFE C TOFSOLES U R V IVORSHI PD ISCHAR G E.—Section 30 3a(e) of title 3 7,U nited States Code, is amended— ( 1 )in p ara g raph (1), by stri k ing ‘‘A member’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) E x cept as pro v ided in paragraph ( 2 ), a member’’
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subparagraph ( B ) of paragraph (1); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1), as so amended, the following new paragraph (2): ‘‘(2)(A) I f a member of the uniformed services receives a sole survivorship discharge, the Secretary concerned— 10USC 101 note.Hub b ardAc t. Au g . 29, 200 8[ H. R . 65 80 ]
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