[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6319 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6319

To absolve debts resulting from the payment of certain recruitment and 
 reenlistment bonuses to members of the California National Guard, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2016

Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To absolve debts resulting from the payment of certain recruitment and 
 reenlistment bonuses to members of the California National Guard, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Pay Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON RECOUPMENT OF CERTAIN RECRUITING AND 
              REENLISTMENT BONUSES PAID TO MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA 
              NATIONAL GUARD.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned (as such term is 
defined in section 101(5) of title 37, United States Code) shall--
            (1) absolve any debt resulting from any bonus, incentive 
        pay, or similar benefit (or of any interest associated with 
        such a bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit) that was paid 
        to a member of the California National Guard for recruitment or 
        reenlistment during fiscal years 2004 through 2010; and
            (2) refund to any person who has repaid to the United 
        States all or part of any such bonus, incentive pay, or similar 
        benefit (including any interest accrued on such bonus, 
        incentive pay, or similar benefit) the amount such person 
        repaid to the United States.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
debt resulting from any bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit that 
the Secretary concerned determines was paid under circumstances 
involving fraud or misrepresentation on the part of the member of the 
California National Guard to whom it was paid.
    (c) Student Loan Payments.--In this section, the term ``similar 
benefit'' includes any student loan payment or repayment.
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