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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4111 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of a military 

department to pay a monthly bonus to members of the Armed Forces 

whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stoploss order, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2004 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. OBEY, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 

PASCRELL, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, 

Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HILL, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. STARK, 

Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WU, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. ROSS, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. BERRY, 

Mr. MATSUI, Mr. EMANUEL, Ms. WATERS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 

CARDIN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. 

WOOLSEY, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

EVANS, Mr. KIND, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WEINER, Mr. HONDA, 

Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, and Mr. RAHALL) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus 

to members of the Armed Forces whose retirement or 

separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order, 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. MONTHLY BONUS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 

2 ARMED FORCES SUBJECT TO STOP-LOSS OR3 DERS. 

4 (a) STOP-LOSS ORDER BONUS.—Chapter 5 of title 

5 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 327 Special pay: monthly bonus for members sub8 ject to stop-loss orders 

9 ‘‘(a) MONTHLY BONUS.—The Secretary of a military 

10 department shall pay a monthly stop-loss order bonus to 

11 each member of the Armed Forces described in subsection 

12 (b) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—An eligible member re14 ferred to in subsection (a) is a member— 

15 ‘‘(1) who is subject to a stop-loss order issued 

16 since October 1, 2001; and 

17 ‘‘(2) whose ability to retire or be separated 

18 from the Armed Forces is suspended as a result of 

19 the order. 

20 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF BONUS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) MONTHLY RATE.—The monthly rate of the 

22 bonus payable under this section is $500. 

23 ‘‘(2) PRO RATA PAYMENT.—If a member enti24 tled to a bonus under this section is not subject to 

25 a stop-loss order for an entire month, the Secretary 

26 shall pay the member a pro rata portion of the 
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1 bonus for those days of the month for which the 

2 member was subject to the order. 

3 ‘‘(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PAY OR ALLOW4 ANCE.—A bonus under this section is in addition to any 

5 other pay or allowance payable to a member under any 

6 other provision of law.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘327. Special pay: monthly bonus for members subject to stop-loss orders.’’. 

10 (c) RETROACTIVITY.—The Secretary of a military de11 partment shall take such action as is necessary to ensure 

12 that a member of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction 

13 of the Secretary who satisfied the criteria for eligibility 

14 for a stop-loss order bonus under section 327 of title 37, 

15 United States Code, as added by subsection (a), for any 

16 month between October 1, 2001, and the effective date 

17 of this section, receives the bonus for those months during 

18 which the member satisfied such criteria. 

19 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

20 this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 

21 month beginning on or after the date of the enactment 

22 of this section. 

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