[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 970 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.970

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five


                                 An Act


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to periodically review the automatic maximum coverage 
under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' 
          Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Fairness for Servicemembers and 
their Families Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PERIODIC REVIEW OF AUTOMATIC MAXIMUM COVERAGE UNDER 
SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND VETERANS' GROUP LIFE 
INSURANCE.
    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 19 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1980B. Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage
    ``(a) In General.--On January 1, 2026, and every five years 
thereafter, the Secretary shall--
        ``(1) complete a review of how the amount specified in section 
    1967(a)(3)(A)(i) compares to the amount described in subsection 
    (b); and
        ``(2) submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
    House of Representatives and the Senate the results of the review, 
    which may serve as a guide for coverage increases within the 
    existing administrative incremental structure.
    ``(b) Amount Described.--The amount described in this subsection is 
the amount equal to--
        ``(1) $500,000; multiplied by
        ``(2) the average percentage by which the Consumer Price Index 
    changed during the five fiscal years preceding the review under 
    subsection (a).
    ``(c) Consumer Price Index Defined.--In this section, the term 
`Consumer Price Index' means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 
of Labor.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 19 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1980A the following new item:
``1980B. Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage.''.


                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.