REPORT ON DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

SEC. 654. REPORT ON DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES (a) Report.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the desirability of providing in law a more uniform and consistent definition of the term “dependent” for the purpose of determining the eligibility of a person, based upon the relationship of such person to a member or former member of the uniformed services, for various rights and benefits provided by law, including the following: (1) Pay and allowances under title 37, United States Code. (2) Rights and benefits (including eligibility for travel and commissary store privileges) under chapters 53 and 54 of title 10, United States Code. (3) Medical and dental care under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code. (b) Deadline for Report.—The Secretary shall submit the report required by subsection (a) not later than March 15, 1989, together with such comments and recommendations for legislation as he considers appropriate.