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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8070 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 636

Sec. 636. Adoption or guardianship assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans

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Section 1052 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by striking qualifying adoption expenses each place it appears and inserting qualifying expenses ; by striking the section heading and inserting ; Adoption or guardianship expenses in subsection (a)— in the heading, by striking ; to reimburse by striking carry out a program under which a member of the armed forces may be reimbursed and inserting pay ; and by striking adoption of a child and inserting adoption or guardianship of a child ; in subsection (b)— in the heading, by inserting after and guardianships ;
Adoptions by striking adoption each place it appears and inserting adoption or guardianship ; and by striking reimbursed and inserting paid ; in subsection (d), by striking adoption benefits and inserting adoption or guardianship ; in subsection (e)— in paragraph (1)— by striking $2,000 and inserting $5,000 ; and by striking adoption of a child and inserting adoption or guardianship of a child ; and in paragraph (2)— by striking $5,000 and inserting $10,000 ; and by striking adoptions and inserting adoptions or guardianships ; in subsection (g)— in paragraph (1), by striking adoption each place it appears and inserting adoption or guardianship ; in paragraph (2)(A), by striking adoption each place it appears and inserting adoption or guardianship ; in paragraph (3), by striking adoption each place it appears and inserting adoption or guardianship ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
The term guardianship means a legal guardianship, as such term is defined in section 475 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 675 ). ; and by striking subsection
(c)and redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and
(g)as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
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