[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5120]
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  SA 2890. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place in title VI, insert the following:

     SEC. 6__. RECEIPT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES BY MEMBERS WHILE 
                   DETAILED AS FULL-TIME STUDENTS.

       Section 502(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection (b):
       ``(b) A member who is absent for a period that begins on or 
     after August 1, 2023, and is longer than the leave authorized 
     by section 701 of title 10 because the member is detailed or 
     assigned by the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary's 
     designated representative, as a full-time student to a 
     civilian institution to pursue a program of education that is 
     substantially the same as programs of education offered to 
     civilians, is entitled to the basic allowance for housing 
     under section 403 of this title to the same extent to which 
     the member would be entitled to that allowance if the member 
     were not absent as described in this subsection.''; and
       (3) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (1), is 
     amended by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting 
     ``subsections (a) and (b)''.
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