Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

(a) In general. Section 1478 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after $100,000 the following: , as adjusted each March 1 by the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor to represent the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (all items; United States city average) published for December of the preceding year over that Index published for the December of the year prior to the preceding year, adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

(b) Applicability. The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any death occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act.