S.Amdt. 2890

SA 2890. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. RECEIPT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES BY MEMBERS WHILE
DETAILED AS FULL-TIME STUDENTS.

Section 502(b) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
subsection (b):
``(b) A member who is absent for a period that begins on or
after August 1, 2023, and is longer than the leave authorized
by section 701 of title 10 because the member is detailed or
assigned by the Secretary concerned, or the Secretary's
designated representative, as a full-time student to a
civilian institution to pursue a program of education that is
substantially the same as programs of education offered to
civilians, is entitled to the basic allowance for housing
under section 403 of this title to the same extent to which
the member would be entitled to that allowance if the member
were not absent as described in this subsection.''; and
(3) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (1), is
amended by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting
``subsections (a) and (b)''.
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