To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date.
PL 112-120 (H.R.4045), enacted 05/25/2012

126 STAT. 343 
PUBLIC LAW 112–120—MAY 25, 2012 
Public Law 112–120 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award 
of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to 
members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose qualified mobili-
zation commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or after that date, 
from the changes to the program guidance that took effect on that date. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF PROGRAM GUIDANCE RELATING TO THE 
AWARD OF POST-DEPLOYMENT/MOBILIZATION RESPITE 
ABSENCE ADMINISTRATIVE ABSENCE DAYS TO MEM-
BERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE 
COMPONENTS UNDER DOD INSTRUCTION 1327.06. 
(a) DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary 
of Defense may determine that the changes made by the Secretary 
to the Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/ 
Mobilization Respite Absence program administrative absence days 
or other benefits described in subsection (b) to members and former 
members of the reserve components under DOD Instruction 1327.06 
effective as of October 1, 2011, shall not apply to a member of 
a reserve component, or former member of a reserve component, 
whose qualified mobilization (as described in such program guid-
ance) commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued on or 
after that date until the date the mobilization is terminated. 
(b) AUTHORIZED BENEFITS.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary concerned may provide 
a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in 
subsection (a) with one of the following benefits: 
(1) In the case of an individual who is a former member 
of the Armed Forces at the time of the provision of benefits 
under this section, payment of an amount not to exceed $200 
for each day the individual would have qualified for a day 
of administrative absence had the changes made to the Program 
Guidance described in subsection (a) not applied to the indi-
vidual, as authorized by such subsection. 
(2) In the case of a member of the Armed Forces on active 
duty at the time of the provision of benefits under this section, 
either one day of administrative absence or payment of an 
amount not to exceed $200, as selected by the member, for 
each day the member would have qualified for a day of adminis-
trative absence had the changes made to the Program Guidance 
described in subsection (a) not applied to the member, as 
authorized by such subsection. 
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(3) In the case of a member of the Armed Forces serving 
in the Selected Reserve, Inactive National Guard, or Individual 
Ready Reserve at the time of the provision of benefits under 
this section, either one day of administrative absence to be 
retained for future use or payment of an amount not to exceed 
$200, as selected by the member, for each day the member 
would have qualified for a day of administrative absence had 
the changes made to the Program Guidance described in sub-
section (a) not applied to the member, as authorized by such 
subsection. 
(c) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS.—An individual 
who is a former member of the Armed Forces is not eligible under 
this section for the benefits specified in subsection (b)(1) if the 
individual was discharged or released from the Armed Forces under 
other than honorable conditions. 
(d) FORM OF PAYMENT.—The payments authorized by subsection 
(b) may be paid in a lump sum or installments, at the election 
of the Secretary concerned. 
(e) RELATION TO OTHER PAY AND LEAVE.—The benefits provided 
to a member or former member of the Armed Forces under this 
section are in addition to any other pay, absence, or leave provided 
by law. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
The 
term 
‘‘Post-Deployment/Mobilization 
Respite 
Absence program’’ means the program of the Secretary con-
cerned to provide days of administrative absence not chargeable 
against available leave to certain deployed or mobilized mem-
bers of the Armed Forces in order to assist such members 
in reintegrating into civilian life after deployment or mobiliza-
tion. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101(5) of title 37, United States Code. 
(g) COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) COMMENCEMENT.—The authority to provide days of 
administrative absence under paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub-
section (b) begins on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and the authority to make cash payments under such subsection 
begins, subject to subsection (h), on October 1, 2012. 
(2) EXPIRATION.—The authority to provide benefits under 
this section expires on October 1, 2014. 
(3) EFFECT OF EXPIRATION.—The expiration date specified 
in paragraph (2) shall not affect the use, after that date, of 
any day of administrative absence provided to a member of 
the Armed Forces under subsection (b) before that date or 
the payment, after that date, of any payment selected by a 
member or former member of the Armed Forces under such 
subsection before that date. 
(h) CASH PAYMENTS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—No cash payment may be made under subsection (b) unless 
the funds to be used to make the payments are available pursuant 
to an appropriations Act enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(i) FUNDING OFFSET.—The Secretary of Defense shall transfer 
$4,000,000 from the unobligated balances of the Pentagon Reserva-
tion Maintenance Revolving Fund established under section 2674(e) 
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PUBLIC LAW 112–120—MAY 25, 2012 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4045: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012): 
May 15, considered and passed House. 
May 17, considered and passed Senate. 
of title 10, United States Code, to the Miscellaneous Receipts Fund 
of the United States Treasury. 
Approved May 25, 2012. 
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