PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1133 "(i) a commissioned officer on active duty who is paid from funds appropriated for active-duty personnel; or "(ii) a commissioned officer on active Guard and Reserve duty. "(B) In the case of a commissioned officer (not referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii)) who is paid from funds appropriated for reserve personnel, service as a warrant officer, or as a warrant officer and enlisted member, for which at least 1,460 points have been credited to the officer for the purposes of section 12732(a)(2) of title 10.". (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.— The amendments made by 37 USC 203 note, subsection (a) shall apply with respect to months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 603. RESERVE COMPONENT COMPENSATION FOR DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES PERFORMED AS INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING. (a) COMPENSATION AUTHORIZED.— Section 206(d) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking 'This section" and inserting "(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section"; (2) by striking "an armed force" and inserting "a uniformed service"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) A member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve may be paid compensation under this section at a rate and under terms determined by the Secretary of Defense, but not to exceed the rate otherwise applicable to the member under subsection (a), upon the member's successful completion of a course of instruction undertaken by the member using electronic-based distributed learning methodologies to accomplish training requirements related to unit readiness or mobilization, as directed for the member by the Secretary concerned. The compensation may be paid regardless of whether the course of instruction was under the direct control of the Secretary concerned or included the presence of an instructor.". (b) DEFINITION OF INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING.— Section 101(22) of such title is amended by inserting after "but" the following: "(except as provided in section 206(d)(2) of this title)". SEC. 604. SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES. (a) BASELINE AMOUNT FOR CALCULATING ALLOWANCE FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS. —Section 402(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) For purposes of implementing paragraph (2), the monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence that was in effect for an enlisted member for calendar year 2001 is deemed to be $233.". (b) RATE FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS WHEN MESSING FACILITIES 37 USC 402 note. NOT AVAILABLE. — (1) Notwithstanding section 402 of title 37, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may prescribe a rate of basic allowance for subsistence to apply to enlisted members of the uniformed services when messing facilities of the United States are not available. The rate may be higher than the rate of basic allowance for subsistence that would otherwise be applicable to the members under that section, but may not be higher than the highest rate that was in effect for enlisted members of the uniformed
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