MODIFICATION TO SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

SEC. 643. MODIFICATION TO SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD. Section 1405(g) of the Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 1989 (10 U.S.C. 1448 note) is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” before “If a person”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of the death of a person making an election under subsection (a) if the beneficiary of that person under the election is the person’s spouse and that spouse was entitled, before November 1, 1990, to receive dependency and indemnity compensation benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs based on a previous marriage to another member or former member of the uniformed services.”.