PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ACCRUED AND UNPAID AT TIME OF DEATH.

SEC. 104. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ACCRUED AND UNPAID AT TIME OF DEATH.(a) Repeal of Two-Year Limitation on Payment.—Section 5121(a) is amended by striking “for a period not to exceed two years” in the matter preceding paragraph (1).(b) Payment Recipients for Beneficiaries Under Chapter 18.—Such section is further amended—(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (4);(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5):“(5) Upon the death of a child claiming benefits under chapter 18 of this title, to the surviving parents.”.(c) Technical Amendments.—Such section is further amended—(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the comma after “or decisions”; (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), and at the end of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), and inserting a period.(d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.