I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 975 
To make transitional compensation available to dependents of members of 
the Armed Forces convicted of dependent abuse in Federal or State 
court and dependents of members accused of dependent abuse who have 
forfeited all pay and allowances for an unrelated offense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2023 
Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To make transitional compensation available to dependents 
of members of the Armed Forces convicted of dependent 
abuse in Federal or State court and dependents of mem-
bers accused of dependent abuse who have forfeited all 
pay and allowances for an unrelated offense. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rachael Booth Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION 
FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS SEPARATED 
FOR DEPENDENT ABUSE. 
(a) COVERED PUNITIVE ACTIONS.—Subsection (b) of 
section 1059 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) who is— 
‘‘(A) convicted of a dependent-abuse of-
fense in a district court of the United States or 
a State court; and 
‘‘(B) separated from active duty pursuant 
to a sentence of a court-martial, or administra-
tively separated, voluntarily or involuntarily, 
from active duty, for an offense other than the 
dependent-abuse offense; or 
‘‘(4) who is— 
‘‘(A) accused but not convicted of a de-
pendent-abuse offense; 
‘‘(B) determined, as a result of a review by 
the commander of the member and based on a 
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preponderance of evidence, to have committed 
the dependent-abuse offense; and 
‘‘(C) required to forfeit all pay and allow-
ances pursuant to a sentence of a court-martial 
for an offense other than the dependent-abuse 
offense.’’. 
(b) RECIPIENTS OF PAYMENTS.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘resulting in 
the separation’’ and inserting ‘‘referred to in sub-
section (b)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘determined as of the 
date’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘deter-
mined— 
‘‘(A) as of the date’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘offense or, in a case’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘offense; 
‘‘(B) in a case’’; 
(C) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) in a case described in subsection 
(b)(4), as of, as applicable— 
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