[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4111 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4111

  To amend title 37, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of a 
  military department to pay a monthly bonus to members of the Armed 
  Forces whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a 
                stop-loss order, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2004

 Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Obey, 
   Mr. Markey, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Capuano, Mr. 
  Pascrell, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
Costello, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Hill, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Stark, Ms. Baldwin, 
 Mr. Wu, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Baird, 
Mr. Ross, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. Berry, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. 
 Waters, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, 
Ms. Lee, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
  Kaptur, Mr. Evans, Mr. Kind, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
Honda, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
  Slaughter, and Mr. Rahall) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 37, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of a 
  military department to pay a monthly bonus to members of the Armed 
  Forces whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a 
                stop-loss order, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MONTHLY BONUS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SUBJECT TO 
              STOP-LOSS ORDERS.

    (a) Stop-Loss Order Bonus.--Chapter 5 of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 327 Special pay: monthly bonus for members subject to stop-loss 
              orders
    ``(a) Monthly Bonus.--The Secretary of a military department shall 
pay a monthly stop-loss order bonus to each member of the Armed Forces 
described in subsection (b) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
    ``(b) Eligible Members.--An eligible member referred to in 
subsection (a) is a member--
            ``(1) who is subject to a stop-loss order issued since 
        October 1, 2001; and
            ``(2) whose ability to retire or be separated from the 
        Armed Forces is suspended as a result of the order.
    ``(c) Amount of Bonus.--
            ``(1) Monthly rate.--The monthly rate of the bonus payable 
        under this section is $500.
            ``(2) Pro rata payment.--If a member entitled to a bonus 
        under this section is not subject to a stop-loss order for an 
        entire month, the Secretary shall pay the member a pro rata 
        portion of the bonus for those days of the month for which the 
        member was subject to the order.
    ``(d) Relationship to Other Pay or Allowance.--A bonus under this 
section is in addition to any other pay or allowance payable to a 
member under any other provision of law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``327. Special pay: monthly bonus for members subject to stop-loss 
                            orders.''.
    (c) Retroactivity.--The Secretary of a military department shall 
take such action as is necessary to ensure that a member of the Armed 
Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary who satisfied the 
criteria for eligibility for a stop-loss order bonus under section 327 
of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), for any 
month between October 1, 2001, and the effective date of this section, 
receives the bonus for those months during which the member satisfied 
such criteria.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the first day of the first month beginning on or after the 
date of the enactment of this section.
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