MANDATORY INCREASE IN INSURANCE COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS DEPLOYED TO COMBAT THEATERS OF OPERATION.

SEC. 625. MANDATORY INCREASE IN INSURANCE COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FOR MEMBERS DEPLOYED TO COMBAT THEATERS OF OPERATION. Section 1967(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “subparagraphs (B) and (C)” and inserting “subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(D) In the case of a member who elects under paragraph (2)(A) not to be insured under this section, or who elects under subparagraph (B) to be insured for an amount less than the maximum amount provided under subparagraph (A), and who is deployed to a combat theater of operations the member— “(i) shall be insured under this subchapter for the maximum amount provided under subparagraph (A) for the period of such deployment; and “(ii) upon the end of such deployment— “(I) shall be insured in the amount elected by the member under subparagraph (B); or “(II) shall not be insured, if so elected under paragraph (2)(A).” .