Automatic resumption of payment of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to persons incarcerated for conviction of a felony after period of incarceration ends

(a) In general Section 5313(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) The Secretary shall ensure that, for any individual whose receipt of compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation is interrupted pursuant to paragraph (1) for a period of incarceration, resumption of such payments resume automatically on the date on which the individual is released from incarceration.. (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.