Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3149 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3149

To ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone
designated for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom do
not experience a reduction in the total monthly rate of combat zone-
related special pay and allowances after September 30, 2003.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 23, 2003

Mr. Janklow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services

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A BILL

To ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone
designated for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom do
not experience a reduction in the total monthly rate of combat zone-
related special pay and allowances after September 30, 2003.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF MONTHLY RATE OF COMBAT ZONE-RELATED SPECIAL PAY
AND ALLOWANCES AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2003.

(a) No Reduction in Total Monthly Rate.--The total monthly rate for
all combat zone-related special pay and allowances available after
September 30, 2003, for members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat
zone designated for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring
Freedom shall be at least equal to the total monthly rate for those
combat zone-related pay and allowances in effect for September 2003.
(b) Combat Zone-Related Special Pay and Allowances.--In this
section, the term ``combat zone-related pay and allowances'' refers to
the following special pays and allowances:
(1) Hardship duty pay under section 305 of title 37, United
States Code.
(2) Special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or
imminent danger under section 310 of such title.
(3) Family separation allowance under section 427 of such
title.
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