Sec. 629A. REPORT ON EXTENSION OF COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE BENEFITS FOR SURVIVING REMARRIED SPOUSES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIE WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY OR CERTAIN RESERVE DUTY

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## SEC. 629A REPORT ON EXTENSION OF COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE BENEFITS FOR SURVIVING REMARRIED SPOUSES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIE WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY OR CERTAIN RESERVE DUTY ###

(a)Report Required The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on procedures of the Department of Defense by which an eligible remarried spouse may obtain access, as appropriate, to a military installation in order to use a commissary store or MWR retail facility. ###

(b)Elements The report under this section shall include the following: ####

(1)Procedures by which an eligible remarried spouse may obtain a personal agent designation. ####

(2)Administrative requirements for an eligible remarried spouse to obtain access described in subsection (a). ####

(3)An assessment of the consistency of procedures described in subsection

(a)across— #####

(A)the Armed Forces; and #####

(B)installations of the Department of Defense. ####

(4)Security considerations arising from granting access described in subsection (a). ####

(5)Other matters the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. ###

(c)Deadline The Secretary shall submit the report under this section not later than March 1, 2021. ###

(d)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)The term “eligible remarried spouse” means an individual who is a surviving former spouse of a covered member of the Armed Forces, who has remarried after the death of the covered member of the Armed Forces and has guardianship of dependent children of the deceased member; ####

(2)The term “covered member of the Armed Forces” means a member of the Armed Forces who dies while serving— #####

(A)on active duty; or #####

(B)on such reserve duty as the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security may jointly specify for purposes of this section. ####

(3)The term “MWR retail facility” has the meaning given that term in section 1063 of title 10, United States Code. ## Subtitle D Defense Resale Matters