An amendment to add a new title prohibiting use of funds in the bill to implement any regulation reducing the total amount of monthly military pay for a member of the Armed Forces who is wounded or otherwise injured while assigned to duty in an area for which special pay is available.

1. Adds TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS at the end of the bill

   Adds a title

   In H.R. 1268 · Reported in House

   (B) any subsequent fiscal year. This Act may be cited as the "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005". Union Calendar No. 7

   Inserted: TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

   Inserted: Sec. 701. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement any regulation reducing the total amount of monthly military pay for a member of the Armed Forces who is wounded or otherwise injured while assigned to duty in an area for which special pay is available under section 310 of title 37, United States Code, below the amount in effect for the member when the member was wounded or otherwise injured.

   Inserted: (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall cease to apply with respect to a member described in that subsection as of the end of the first month during which any of the following occurs:

   Inserted: (1) The member is found to be physically able to perform the duties of the member's office, grade, rank, or rating.

   Inserted: (2) The member is discharged or separated from the Armed Forces.

   Inserted: (3) The member dies.

   Original wording

   At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following new title:

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