[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3418]
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SA 968. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 612. LODGING EXPENSES FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS
SEPARATED FOR DEPENDENT ABUSE.
Section 1059 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ``; lodging expenses'' at
the end;
(2) by redesignating subsections (k), (l), and (m) as
subsections (m), (n), and (l), respectively;
(3) by striking ``subsection (k)'' each place it appears
and inserting ``subsection (m)''; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new
subsection:
``(k) Lodging Expenses.--A dependent or former dependent
entitled to payment of monthly transitional compensation
under this section shall, while receiving payments in
accordance with this section, be entitled to lodging expenses
for a period not longer than 30 days.''.
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