[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2796 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2796

   To authorize the reimbursement of members of the Army deployed to 
  Europe in support of operations in Bosnia for certain out-of-pocket 
expenses incurred by the members during the period beginning on October 
                  1, 1996, and ending on May 31, 1997.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 1997

 Mrs. Clayton (for herself, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Bateman, Mr. 
Spratt, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Abercrombie, Mrs. Fowler, 
  Mr. McHale, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
 Bilbray, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Goode, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Clay, Ms. Furse, and Mr. Price 
of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the reimbursement of members of the Army deployed to 
  Europe in support of operations in Bosnia for certain out-of-pocket 
expenses incurred by the members during the period beginning on October 
                  1, 1996, and ending on May 31, 1997.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Army Reserve-National Guard Equity 
Reimbursement Act''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMY DEPLOYED IN EUROPE IN 
              SUPPORT OF BOSNIA OPERATIONS FOR OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES 
              INCURRED TO TRANSPORT PERSONAL PROPERTY.

    (a) Reimbursement Authorized.--The Secretary of the Army may 
reimburse a member of the Army described in subsection (b) for expenses 
incurred by the member for shipment of personal property of the member 
to or from Europe during the period beginning on October 1, 1996, and 
ending on May 31, 1997, if the shipment of the personal property, if 
made on June 1, 1997, would have been covered by a temporary change of 
station weight allowance for shipment of personal property authorized 
by the Department of the Army. Such reimbursement shall be made from 
amounts available as of the date of the enactment of this section for 
the payment of the temporary change of station weight allowance.
    (b) Covered Members.--A member of the Army referred to in 
subsection (a) is a member who, during the period beginning on October 
1, 1996, and ending on May 31, 1997, was deployed from the United 
States to Europe in support of operations in Bosnia or reassigned from 
Europe to United States upon the completion of such deployment, or 
both, under travel orders that did not authorize a temporary change of 
station weight allowance for shipment of personal property of the 
member.
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