[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 995 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 995

    To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide a dislocation 
  allowance under section 407 of such title to retired members of the 
     uniformed services, including members placed on the temporary 
 disability retired list, moving from their last duty station to their 
                            designated home.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2003

 Mr. Jones of North Carolina 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 provide a dislocation 
  allowance under section 407 of such title to retired members of the 
     uniformed services, including members placed on the temporary 
 disability retired list, moving from their last duty station to their 
                            designated home.

    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 ``Military Retiree Dislocation 
Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF RETIRED MEMBERS FOR DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE WHEN 
              ORDERED FROM LAST DUTY STATION TO MEMBER'S HOME.

    (a) Eligibility for Primary Dislocation Allowance.--Subsection 
(a)(2) of section 407 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(H) A member who is retired under any provision of law or 
        placed on the temporary disability retired list under chapter 
        61 of title 10 and who actually moves to a home selected by the 
        member in accordance with section 404(c) of this title.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended by inserting ``(except as provided in subsection (a)(2)(H))'' 
before the period at the end.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to a member of the uniformed services who is 
retired, or placed on the temporary disability retired list under 
chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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