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‘‘(5) The Secretary concerned may not deduct from 
the pay of a member of the uniformed services or other-
wise recover, seek to recover, or assist in the recovery from 
a member or former member any overpayment of pay or 
allowances made to the member through no fault of the 
member unless the Secretary notifies the member of the 
indebtedness before the end of the five-year period begin-
ning on the date on which the overpayment was made. 
If the notice is not provided before the end of such period, 
the Secretary concerned shall cancel the indebtedness of 
the member to the United States.’’. 
(e) EXPANDED DISCRETION REGARDING REMISSION 
OR CANCELLATION OF INDEBTEDNESS.— 
(1) ARMY.—Section 4837(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, but only if 
the Secretary considers such action to be in the best 
interest of the United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘if the 
Secretary determines that the person— 
‘‘(1) relies on social security benefits or dis-
ability compensation under title 38 (or a combina-
tion thereof) for more than half of the person’s an-
nual income; or 
‘‘(2) would suffer an undue hardship in repay-
ing the indebtedness.’’. 
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(2) NAVAL SERVICE.—Section 6161(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘, but only if the Sec-
retary considers such action to be in the best inter-
est of the United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Sec-
retary determines that the person— 
‘‘(1) relies on social security benefits or dis-
ability compensation under title 38 (or a combina-
tion thereof) for more than half of the person’s an-
nual income; or 
‘‘(2) would suffer an undue hardship in repay-
ing the indebtedness.’’. 
(3) AIR FORCE.—Section 9837(a) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘, but only if the Secretary 
considers such action to be in the best interest of the 
United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Secretary de-
termines that the person— 
‘‘(1) relies on social security benefits or dis-
ability compensation under title 38 (or a combina-
tion thereof) for more than half of the person’s an-
nual income; or 
‘‘(2) would suffer an undue hardship in repay-
ing the indebtedness.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) REDUCED
PAYMENT
RATE.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 
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first day of the first month beginning on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and apply to de-
ductions made from the pay of members of the uni-
formed services for that month and subsequent 
months. 
(2) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—The other amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect 
to any indebtedness of a member of the uniformed 
services for the overpayment of pay or allowances 
made to the member through no fault of the mem-
ber, whether incurred before, on, or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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