Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003

Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003 - Requires the total monthly rate for all combat zone-related special pay and allowances (hardship duty pay, special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger, and the family separation allowance) available after September 30, 2003, for members of the armed forces serving in a combat zone designated for Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom to be at least equal to the rate in effect for September 2003.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3149 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3149

  To ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone 
designated for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom do 
  not experience a reduction in the total monthly rate of combat zone-
      related special pay and allowances after September 30, 2003.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2003

 Mr. Janklow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone 
designated for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom do 
  not experience a reduction in the total monthly rate of combat zone-
      related special pay and allowances after September 30, 2003.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF MONTHLY RATE OF COMBAT ZONE-RELATED SPECIAL PAY 
              AND ALLOWANCES AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2003.

    (a) No Reduction in Total Monthly Rate.--The total monthly rate for 
all combat zone-related special pay and allowances available after 
September 30, 2003, for members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat 
zone designated for Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring 
Freedom shall be at least equal to the total monthly rate for those 
combat zone-related pay and allowances in effect for September 2003.
    (b) Combat Zone-Related Special Pay and Allowances.--In this 
section, the term ``combat zone-related pay and allowances'' refers to 
the following special pays and allowances:
            (1) Hardship duty pay under section 305 of title 37, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or 
        imminent danger under section 310 of such title.
            (3) Family separation allowance under section 427 of such 
        title.
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