Sec. 633. IMPROVED ASSISTANCE FOR GOLD STAR SPOUSES AND OTHER DEPENDENTS
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## SEC. 633 IMPROVED ASSISTANCE FOR GOLD STAR SPOUSES AND OTHER DEPENDENTS **[**[10 U.S.C. 1475 note](/us/usc/t10/s1475)**]** ###
(a)Advocates for Gold Star Spouses and Other Dependents ####
(1)Each Secretary of a military department shall designate for each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such Secretary a casualty assistance officer who is a member of such Armed Force or civilian employee of such military department to assist— #####
(A)a spouse and any other dependent of a member of such Armed Force (including the reserve components thereof) who dies on active duty; #####
(B)a dependent described in subparagraph
(A)if the spouse of the deceased member dies and the dependent (or the guardian of such dependent) requests such assistance; and #####
(C)an individual not described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)who is entitled to a death gratuity under section 1475 of title 10, United States Code. ####
(2)Casualty assistance officers described in paragraph
(1)shall provide to survivors described in that paragraph the following services: #####
(A)Addressing complaints by such survivors regarding casualty assistance or receipt of benefits authorized by law for such survivors. #####
(B)Providing support to such survivors regarding such casualty assistance or receipt of such benefits. #####
(C)Making reports to appropriate officers or officials in the Department of Defense or the military department concerned regarding resolution of such complaints, including recommendations regarding the settlement of claims with respect to such benefits, as appropriate. #####
(D)Performing such other actions as the Secretary of the military department concerned considers appropriate. ###
(b)Training for Casualty Assistance Personnel ####
(1)Training program required The Secretary of Defense shall implement a standardized comprehensive training program on casualty assistance for the following personnel of the Department of Defense: #####
(A)Casualty assistance officers. #####
(B)Casualty assistance calls officers. #####
(C)Casualty assistance representatives. ####
(2)General elements The training program required by paragraph
(1)shall include training designed to ensure that the personnel specified in that paragraph provide such a survivor with accurate information on the benefits to which they are entitled and other casualty assistance available to them when the member dies while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces. ####
(3)Service-specific elements The Secretary of the military department concerned may, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, provide for the inclusion in the training program required by paragraph
(1)that is provided to casualty assistance personnel of such military department such elements of training that are specific or unique to the requirements or particulars of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such military department as the Secretary of the military department concerned considers appropriate. ####
(4)Frequency of training Training shall be provided under the program required by paragraph
(1)not less often than annually. ###
(c)ROTC Graduates ####
(1)Treated as members For purposes of this section, a graduate of a reserve officers' training corps who receives a commission and who dies before receiving a first duty assignment shall be treated as a member of the Armed Forces who dies while on active duty. ####
(2)Effective date This subsection applies to deaths on or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. ## Subtitle E Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits and Operations
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Sec. 633
IMPROVED ASSISTANCE FOR GOLD STAR SPOUSES AND OTHER DEPENDENTS
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