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[119 STAT. 3143]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2005
[119 STAT. 3143]

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3143

Sec. 640. Retention bonus for members qualified in certain critical skills or assigned to high priority units. Sec. 641. Incentive bonus for transfer between Armed Forces. Sec. 642. Availability of special pay for members during rehabilitation from wounds, injuries, and illnesses incurred in a combat operation or combat zone. Sec. 643. Pay and benefits to facilitate voluntary separation of targeted members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 644. Ratification of payment of critical-skills accession bonus for persons enrolled in Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps obtaining nursing degrees. Sec. 645. Temporary authority to pay bonus to encourage members of the Army to refer other persons for enlistment in the Army. Sec. 651. Sec. 652. Sec. 653. Sec. 654. Sec. 655.

Sec. 661. Sec. 662. Sec. 663. Sec. 664. Sec. 665. Sec. 666.

SUBTITLE C—TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES Authorized absences of members for which lodging expenses at temporary duty location may be paid. Extended period for selection of home for travel and transportation allowances for dependents of deceased members. Transportation of family members in connection with the repatriation of members held captive. Increased weight allowances for shipment of household goods of senior noncommissioned officers. Permanent authority to provide travel and transportation allowances for family members to visit hospitalized members of the Armed Forces injured in combat operation or combat zone. SUBTITLE D—RETIRED PAY AND SURVIVOR BENEFITS Monthly disbursement to States of State income tax withheld from retired or retainer pay. Denial of certain burial-related benefits for individuals who committed a capital offense. Concurrent receipt of veterans disability compensation and military retired pay. Additional amounts of death gratuity for survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces dying on active duty. Child support for certain minor children of retirement-eligible members convicted of domestic violence resulting in death of child’s other parent. Comptroller General report on actuarial soundness of the Survivor Benefit Plan.

SUBTITLE E—COMMISSARY Sec. 671. Sec. 672. Sec. 673. Sec. 674. Sec. 675. Sec. 681. Sec. 682. Sec. 683. Sec. 684. Sec. 685. Sec. 686. Sec. 687. Sec. 688. Sec. 689. Sec. 690.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITY BENEFITS Increase in authorized level of supplies and services procurement from overseas exchange stores. Requirements for private operation of commissary store functions. Provision of and payment for overseas transportation services for commissary and exchange supplies and products. Compensatory time off for certain nonappropriated fund employees. Rest and recuperation leave programs. AND

SUBTITLE F—OTHER MATTERS Temporary Army authority to provide additional recruitment incentives. Clarification of leave accrual for members assigned to a deployable ship or mobile unit or other duty. Expansion of authority to remit or cancel indebtedness of members of the Armed Forces incurred on active duty. Loan repayment program for chaplains in the Selected Reserve. Inclusion of Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff among senior enlisted members of the Armed Forces. Special and incentive pays considered for saved pay upon appointment of members as officers. Repayment of unearned portion of bonuses, special pays, and educational benefits. Rights of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. Extension of eligibility for SSI for certain individuals in families that include members of the Reserve and National Guard. Information for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents on rights and protections of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

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