PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1663 in repeatedly following or harassing another person in a manner to induce in a reasonable person a fear of sexual battery, bodily injury, or death of that person or a member of that person's immediate family. SEC. 664. TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEM- BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SEPARATED FOR DEPEND- ENT ABUSE. (a) IN GENERAL. — (1) Chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: '^ilOSS. Dependents of members separated for dependent abuse: transitional compensation " (a) AUTHORITY TO PAY COMPENSATION.— The Secretary of Defense, with respect to the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy), and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may each establish a program to pay monthly transitional compensation in accordance with this section to dependents or former dependents of a member of the armed forces described in subsection (b). " (b) PUNITIVE AND OTHER ADVERSE ACTIONS COVERED. — Th is section applies in the case of a member of the armed forces on active duty for a period of more than 30 days— "(1) who is convicted of a dependent-abuse offense (as defined in subsection (c)) and whose conviction results in the member— "(A) being separated from active duty pursuant to a sentence of a court-martial; or "(B) forfeiting all pay and allowances pursuant to a sentence of a court-martial; or "(2) who is administratively separated from active duty in accordance with applicable regulations if the basis for the separation includes a dependent-abuse offense. "(c) DEPENDENT-ABUSE OFFENSES.—For purposes of this section, a dependent-abuse offense is conduct by an individual while a member of the armed forces on active duty for a period of more than 30 days— "(1) that involves abuse of the spouse or a dependent child of the member; and "(2) that is a criminal offense specified in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (j). "(d) RECIPIENTS OF PAYMENTS.—In any case of a separation from active duty as described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall pay such compensation to dependents or former dependents of the former member as follows: "(1) If the former member was married at the time of the commission of the dependent-abuse offense resulting in the separation, such compensation shall (except as otherwise provided in this subsection) be paid to the spouse or former spouse to whom the member was married at that time. "(2) If there is a spouse or former spouse who (but for subsection (g)) would be eligible for compensation under this section and if there is a dependent child of the former member who does not reside in the same household as that spouse or former spouse, such compensation shall be paid to each
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