[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2960 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2960

 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to pay an additional amount of 
  assignment special pay to members of the Armed Forces who agree to 
serve in Afghanistan for up to six years or the duration of the United 
                    States mission in that country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2009

  Mr. Kirk (for himself and Mr. Larsen of Washington) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to pay an additional amount of 
  assignment special pay to members of the Armed Forces who agree to 
serve in Afghanistan for up to six years or the duration of the United 
                    States mission in that country.

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

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR MEMBERS AGREEING TO SERVE IN 
              AFGHANISTAN FOR THE DURATION OF THE UNITED STATES 
              MISSION.

    (a) Additional Assignment Pay Authorized.--Notwithstanding the 
limitations specified in subsection (b) of section 352 of title 37, 
United States Code, on the maximum amount of assignment or special duty 
pay that may be paid to a member of the Armed Forces under such 
section, the Secretary of Defense may authorize the payment of 
assignment pay in the total amount of $250,000 to a member who agrees 
to serve on active duty in Afghanistan for six years or the duration of 
the United States mission in Afghanistan, whichever occurs first. The 
assignment period required by the agreement shall provide for 
reasonable periods of leave.
    (b) Increased Amounts for Members Fluent in Certain Languages.--If 
a member described in subsection (a) scores a 4.0 on the Foreign 
Service Institute test for the dominant languages of Pashto and Dari, 
the maximum amount of the assignment pay may be $500,000.
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