To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a "child only" annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan of the Armed Forces when there is a surviving spouse in the case of a member of the Armed Forces dying on active duty during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on November 23, 2003.

Amends Federal armed forces provisions concerning the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to require the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an SBP annuity to the dependent child or children of a member of the armed forces who dies while serving on active duty on or after September 11, 2001 (currently on or after November 24, 2003), instead of paying such annuity to a surviving spouse, if such Secretary determines it appropriate to do so.