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ject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary concerned 
may enter into an agreement with such an institution 
under which the Secretary reimburses the institution 
for the amount the institution reimburses the indi-
vidual. Reimbursements by the Secretary concerned 
under this paragraph shall be made from funds ap-
propriated for that purpose. 
‘‘(B) Such a reimbursement by the Secretary 
concerned may be made only if, as determined by the 
Secretary concerned— 
‘‘(i) the position to be filled by the indi-
vidual is a hard-to-fill position, based on geo-
graphic or economic factors; 
‘‘(ii) the individual has entered into a writ-
ten agreement with the institution to serve in 
that position for at least two years; and 
‘‘(iii) making the reimbursement is in the 
national interest.’’. 
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SEC. 634. TRANSPORTATION OF ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHI-
CLE OF MEMBERS ON CHANGE OF PERMA-
NENT STATION TO OR FROM NONFOREIGN 
AREAS OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT ADDITIONAL MOTOR 
VEHICLE.—Subsection (a) of section 2634 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the sentence following paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), re-
spectively; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) One additional motor vehicle of a member (or a 
dependent of the member) may be transported as provided 
in paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) the member is ordered to make a change of 
permanent station to or from a nonforeign area out-
side the continental United States and the member 
has at least one dependent of driving age who will use 
the motor vehicle; or 
‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned determines that a 
replacement for the motor vehicle transported under 
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paragraph (1) is necessary for reasons beyond the 
control of the member and is in the interest of the 
United States and the Secretary approves the trans-
portation in advance.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such subsection is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘his dependents’’ and inserting 
‘‘a dependent of the member’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem-
ber’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘his)’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem-
ber)’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘his new’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
member’s new’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (1)(C), as redesignated by sub-
section (a), by striking ‘‘clauses (1) and (2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (2)(A) of sub-
section (a) of section 2634 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a)(4), shall apply with respect to 
orders issued on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act for members of the Armed Forces to make a change of 
permanent station to or from nonforeign areas outside the 
continental United States. 
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SEC. 635. PAYMENT OF INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TRAVEL 
COSTS FOR CERTAIN SELECTED RESERVE 
MEMBERS. 
(a) PAYMENT
OF TRAVEL COSTS AUTHORIZED.— 
Chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 408 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 408a. Travel and transportation allowances: inac-
tive duty training or unit training assem-
bly outside of commuting distance of duty 
station 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE AUTHORIZED.—Under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary concerned, if a member of the 
Selected Reserve who occupies a specialty designated by the 
Secretary for purposes of this section performs inactive duty 
training or attends a unit training assembly outside of the 
commuting limits of the member’s station for the purpose 
of maintaining mission readiness, the Secretary may reim-
burse the member for travel expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $300 for the training or assembly. 
‘‘(b) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Reimbursement may 
not be provided under this section for travel costs incurred 
before October 1, 2008, or after December 31, 2014.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 408 the following new item: 
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‘‘408a. Travel and transportation allowances: inactive duty training or unit 
training assembly outside of commuting distance of duty sta-
tion.’’. 
Subtitle D—Retired Pay and 
Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 641. DISREGARDING PERIODS OF CONFINEMENT OF 
MEMBER IN DETERMINING BENEFITS FOR DE-
PENDENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE BY 
THE MEMBER. 
Section 1408(h)(10) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C) In determining under paragraph (2)(A) whether 
a member of the armed forces became eligible to be retired 
from the armed forces on the basis of years of service so 
that a spouse or dependent child of the member is eligible 
to receive payment under this subsection, the Secretary con-
cerned shall consider as creditable service by the member 
any periods of confinement served by the member before con-
vening authority action on the record of trial related to the 
misconduct that resulted in the termination of the eligi-
bility of the member to receive retired pay.’’. 
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SEC. 642. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES TO DESIGNATE A RE-
CIPIENT FOR A PORTION OF THE DEATH GRA-
TUITY. 
Effective as of October 1, 2007, subsection (d) of section 
1477 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 
1316 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina 
Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 
2007, is amended by striking ‘‘During the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this subsection and ending 
on September 30, 2007, a person’’ and inserting ‘‘A per-
son’’. 
SEC. 643. RECOUPMENT OF ANNUITY AMOUNTS PRE-
VIOUSLY PAID, BUT SUBJECT TO OFFSET FOR 
DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSA-
TION. 
(a) LIMITATION ON RECOUPMENT; NOTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 1450(c) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON RECOUPMENT OF OFFSET 
AMOUNT.—Any amount subject to offset under this 
subsection that was previously paid to the surviving 
spouse or former spouse shall be recouped only to the 
extent that the amount paid exceeds any amount to 
be refunded under subsection (e). In notifying a sur-
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viving spouse or former spouse of the recoupment re-
quirement, the Secretary shall provide the spouse or 
former spouse— 
‘‘(A) a single notice of the net amount to be 
recouped or the net amount to be refunded, as 
applicable, under this subsection or subsection 
(e); 
‘‘(B) a written explanation of the statutory 
requirements for recoupment of the offset amount 
and for refund of any applicable amount de-
ducted from retired pay; 
‘‘(C) a detailed accounting of how the offset 
amount being recouped and retired pay deduc-
tion amount being refunded were calculated; and 
‘‘(D) contact information for a person who 
can 
provide 
information 
about 
the 
offset 
recoupment and retired pay deduction refund 
processes and answer questions the surviving 
spouse or former spouse may have about the re-
quirements, processes, or amounts.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of 
section 1450 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the recoupment 
on or after April 1, 2008, of amounts subject to offset under 
such subsection. 
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SEC. 644. SPECIAL SURVIVOR INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE FOR 
PERSONS AFFECTED BY REQUIRED SURVIVOR 
BENEFIT PLAN ANNUITY OFFSET FOR DE-
PENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) PROVISION OF ALLOWANCE.—Section 1450 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(m) SPECIAL SURVIVOR INDEMNITY ALLOWANCE.— 
‘‘(1) PROVISION OF ALLOWANCE.—The Secretary 
concerned shall pay a monthly special survivor in-
demnity allowance under this subsection to the sur-
viving spouse or former spouse of a member of the 
uniformed services to whom section 1448 of this title 
applies if— 
‘‘(A) the surviving spouse or former spouse 
is entitled to dependency and indemnity com-
pensation under section 1311(a) of title 38; and 
‘‘(B) the eligibility of the surviving spouse 
or former spouse for an annuity under section 
1448 of this title is affected by subsection (c) of 
this section. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of the 
allowance paid to an eligible survivor under para-
graph (1) for a month shall be equal to the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) $40; or 
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‘‘(B) the amount of the annuity for that 
month subject to offset under subsection (c). 
‘‘(3) STATUS OF PAYMENTS.—An allowance paid 
under this subsection does not constitute an annuity, 
and amounts so paid are not subject to adjustment 
under any other provision of law. 
‘‘(4) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The special survivor 
indemnity allowance shall be paid from amounts in 
the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund 
established under section 1461 of this title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (m) of section 1450 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall take effect on October 1, 2008, and shall apply to the 
month beginning on that date and subsequent months 
through the month ending on February 28, 2016. Effective 
on March 1, 2016, such subsection shall terminate. No spe-
cial survivor indemnity allowance may be paid to any per-
son by reason of such subsection for any period before Octo-
ber 1, 2008. 
SEC. 645. EXPANSION OF COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COM-
PENSATION ELIGIBILITY FOR CHAPTER 61 
MILITARY RETIREES WITH FEWER THAN 20 
YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (c) of section 1413a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘enti-
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tled to retired pay who—’’ and all that follows through the 
end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘who— 
‘‘(1) is entitled to retired pay (other than by rea-
son of section 12731b of this title); and’’. 
(b) COMPUTATION.—Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘In the case 
of’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (4), in the 
case of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) CHAPTER
DISABILITY
RETIREES
WITH 
FEWER THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.—In the case of 
an eligible combat-related disabled uniformed services 
retiree who is retired under chapter 61 of this title 
with at least 15 years of creditable service, but fewer 
than 20 years of creditable service, and who receives 
veterans disability compensation for a disability 
rated at least 60 percent, the amount of the payment 
under paragraph (1) for any month shall be reduced 
by the amount (if any) by which— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the member’s retired 
pay under chapter 61 of this title; exceeds 
‘‘(B) the amount equal to 21⁄2 percent of the 
member’s years of creditable service multiplied 
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