To provide for the payment of a benefit for the nonparticipation of eligible members in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program due to Government error.

1. Adds SEC. 602. PAYMENT OF BENEFIT FOR NONPARTICIPATION OF ELIGIBLE MEMBERS IN POST-DEPLOYMENT/MOBILIZATION RESPITE ABSENCE PROGRAM DUE TO GOVERNMENT ERROR at the end of subtitle A of title VI

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   "(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, a break in active service occurs when one or more calendar days between active service periods do not qualify as active service.".

   Inserted: SEC. 602. PAYMENT OF BENEFIT FOR NONPARTICIPATION OF ELIGIBLE MEMBERS IN POST-DEPLOYMENT/MOBILIZATION RESPITE ABSENCE PROGRAM DUE TO GOVERNMENT ERROR.

   Inserted: (a) Payment of Benefit.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary concerned shall, upon application therefor, make a payment to each individual described in paragraph (2) of $200 for each day of nonparticipation of such individual in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program as described in that paragraph.

   Inserted: (2) Covered individuals.--An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who--

   Inserted: (A) was eligible for participation as a member of the Armed Forces in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program; but

   Inserted: (B) as determined by the Secretary concerned pursuant to an application for the correction of the military records of such individual pursuant to section 1552 of title 10, United States Code, did not participate in one or more days in the program for which the individual was so eligible due to Government error.

   Inserted: (b) Deceased Individuals.--

   Inserted: (1) Applications.--If an individual otherwise covered by subsection (a) is deceased, the application required by that subsection shall be made by the individual's legal representative.

   Inserted: (2) Payment.--If an individual to whom payment would be made under subsection (a) is deceased at time of payment, payment shall be made in the manner specified in section 1552(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: (c) Payment in Lieu of Administrative Absence.--Payment under subsection (a) with respect to a day described in that subsection shall be in lieu of any entitlement of the individual concerned to a day of administrative absence for such day.

   Inserted: (d) Construction.--

   Inserted: (1) Construction with other pay.--Any payment with respect to an individual under subsection (a) is in addition to any other pay provided by law.

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   Inserted: (2) Construction of authority.--It is the sense of Congress that--

   Inserted: (A) the sole purpose of the authority in this section is to remedy administrative errors; and

   Inserted: (B) the authority in this section is not intended to establish any entitlement in connection with the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program.

   Inserted: (e) Offset.--The Secretary of Defense shall transfer $2,000,000 from the unobligated balances of the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund established under section 2674(e) of title 10, United States Code, to the Miscellaneous Receipts Fund of the United States Treasury.

   Inserted: (f) Definitions.--In this section, the terms "Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program" and "Secretary concerned" have the meaning given such terms in section 604(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2350).

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   At the end of subtitle A of title VI, insert the following:

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