[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1611 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1611

To modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for 
  promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as 
 prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in 
                       the Consumer Price Index.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2005

  Ms. Hooley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for 
  promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as 
 prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in 
                       the Consumer Price Index.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF AMOUNT OF BACK PAY FOR MEMBERS OF NAVY AND 
              MARINE CORPS SELECTED FOR PROMOTION WHILE INTERNED AS 
              PRISONERS OF WAR DURING WORLD WAR II TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 
              CHANGES IN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

    (a) Modification.--Section 667(c) of the Floyd D. Spence National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by 
Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-170) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) The amount determined for a person under paragraph (1) shall 
be increased to reflect increases in cost of living since the basic pay 
referred to in paragraph (1)(B) was paid to or for that person, 
calculated on the basis of the Consumer Price Index (all items--United 
States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics.''.
    (b) Recalculation of Previous Payments.--In the case of any payment 
of back pay made to or for a person under section 667 of the Floyd D. 
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall--
            (1) recalculate the amount of back pay to which the person 
        is entitled by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a); 
        and
            (2) if the amount of back pay, as so recalculated, exceeds 
        the amount of back pay so paid, pay the person, or the 
        surviving spouse of the person, an amount equal to the excess.
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