I 
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 stop- 
loss 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 Sec-
retary 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MONTHLY BONUS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES SUBJECT TO STOP-LOSS OR-
DERS. 
(a) STOP-LOSS ORDER BONUS.—Chapter 5 of title 
37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 327 Special pay: monthly bonus for members sub-
ject to stop-loss orders 
‘‘(a) MONTHLY BONUS.—The Secretary of a military 
department shall pay a monthly stop-loss order bonus to 
each member of the Armed Forces described in subsection 
(b) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—An eligible member re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is a member— 
‘‘(1) who is subject to a stop-loss order issued 
since October 1, 2001; and 
‘‘(2) whose ability to retire or be separated 
from the Armed Forces is suspended as a result of 
the order. 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF BONUS.— 
‘‘(1) MONTHLY RATE.—The monthly rate of the 
bonus payable under this section is $500. 
‘‘(2) PRO RATA PAYMENT.—If a member enti-
tled to a bonus under this section is not subject to 
a stop-loss order for an entire month, the Secretary 
shall pay the member a pro rata portion of the
bonus for those days of the month for which the 
member was subject to the order. 
‘‘(d) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER PAY
OR ALLOW-
ANCE.—A bonus under this section is in addition to any 
other pay or allowance payable to a member under any 
other provision of law.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘327. Special pay: monthly bonus for members subject to stop-loss orders.’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVITY.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment shall take such action as is necessary to ensure 
that a member of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary who satisfied the criteria for eligibility 
for a stop-loss order bonus under section 327 of title 37, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), for any 
month between October 1, 2001, and the effective date 
of this section, receives the bonus for those months during 
which the member satisfied such criteria. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 
month beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
of this section. 
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