CLARIFICATION OF TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE OF FAMILY MEMBERS INCIDENT TO SERIOUS ILLNESS OR INJURY OF MEMBERS.

SEC. 624. CLARIFICATION OF TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE OF FAMILY MEMBERS INCIDENT TO SERIOUS ILLNESS OR INJURY OF MEMBERS. (a) Allowance in Cases of Brain Death.— Subsection (a) of section 411h of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out “is necessary for” and inserting in lieu thereof “may contribute to”; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subparagraph: “(B) is seriously ill, seriously injured, or in a situation of imminent death, whether or not electrical brain activity still exists or brain death is declared; and”. (b) Definition of Health and welfare.— Subsection (b) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) In this section, the term ‘health and welfare’, with respect to a member, includes a situation in which a decision must be made by family members regarding the termination of artificial life support being provided to the member.”.