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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3057 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide a special displacement 

allowance for members of the uniformed services without dependents, 

to provide for an annual percentage increase in the amount of the 

family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2008 

Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide a special 

displacement allowance for members of the uniformed 

services without dependents, to provide for an annual 

percentage increase in the amount of the family separation allowance for members of the uniformed services, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Family Sepa5 ration Benefits Enhancement Act of 2008’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENTS OF SEPARATION ALLOWANCE FOR 

2 MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 

3 (a) SPECIAL DISPLACEMENT ALLOWANCE FOR MEM4 BERS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 37, United 

6 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

7 427 the following new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 427a. Special displacement allowance 

9 ‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT TO ALLOWANCE.—In addition to 

10 any allowance or per diem to which such a member may 

11 be entitled under this title, a member of the uniformed 

12 services without dependents is entitled to a monthly allow13 ance under this section if— 

14 ‘‘(1) the member is on duty on board a ship 

15 away from the home port of the ship for a contin16 uous period of more than 30 days; or 

17 ‘‘(2) the member is on temporary duty away 

18 from the member’s permanent station for a contin19 uous period of more than 30 days. 

20 ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF ALLOWANCE.—The com21 mencement of entitlement of a member to an allowance 

22 under this section shall be determined in accordance with 

23 the provisions of section 427(a)(2) of this title. 

24 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—The amount of the monthly allow25 ance to which a member is entitled under this section is 

26 the amount equal to one half the amount of the monthly 


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1 allowance to which members are entitled under section 

2 427(a) of this title for the month concerned.’’. 

3 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec4 tions at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is 

5 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec6 tion 427 the following new item: 

‘‘427a. Special displacement allowance.’’. 

7 (b) ANNUAL INCREASE IN MONTHLY AMOUNT OF

8 FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.—Section 427 of such 

9 title is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘$250’’ in 

11 the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and insert12 ing ‘‘$250 (as increased from time to time under 

13 subsection (e))’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL INCREASE IN AMOUNT.—With respect 

17 to any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

18 a percentage increase in the monthly amount of the allow19 ance payable under subsection (a) equal to the percentage 

20 of such amount by which— 

21 ‘‘(1) the Consumer Price Index (all items, 

22 United States City average) for the 12-month period 

23 ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning of 

24 the fiscal year for which the increase is made, ex25 ceeds 


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1 ‘‘(2) such Consumer Price Index for the 12- 

2 month period preceding the 12-month period de3 scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 

4 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

5 this section shall take effect on September 30, 2008, and 

6 shall apply with respect to months, and, in the case of 

7 the increase required by subsection (e) of section 427 of 

8 title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection 

9 (b)(2) of this section), fiscal years, beginning after that 

10 date. 

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