PROVISION OF HEARING AIDS TO DEPENDENTS OF RETIRED MEMBERS.

SEC. 713. PROVISION OF HEARING AIDS TO DEPENDENTS OF RETIRED MEMBERS. Section 1077 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(16), by striking “A hearing aid” and inserting “Except as provided by subsection (g), a hearing aid”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) In addition to the authority to provide a hearing aid under subsection (a)(16), hearing aids may be sold under this section to dependents of former members of the uniformed services at cost to the United States.” .