AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE COLLECTION ACTIONS AGAINST DECEASED MEMBERS.

SEC. 1089. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE COLLECTION ACTIONS AGAINST DECEASED MEMBERS. Section 3711 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(g) (1) The Secretary of Defense may suspend or terminate an action by the Secretary or by the Secretary of a military department under subsection (a) to collect a claim against the estate of a person who died while serving on active duty as a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps if the Secretary determines that, under the circumstances applicable with respect to the deceased person, it is appropriate to do so. “(2) In this subsection, the term ‘active duty’ has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10.”.