Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/630

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106 STAT. 2424 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 Effective date. 37 USC 405a note. Reports. (b) COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS WHO DO NOT RESIDE WITH MEMBER. —(1) Section 405a(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: ^2) a dependent who resides at or in the vicinity of a former duty station of the member following the assignment of the member elsewhere or who resides at or in the vicinity of a duty station (other than the duty station of the member) incident to orders in connection with an unaccompanied tour of duty of the member, if a departure of dependents is ordered by competent authority from the duty station at which or in the vicinity of which the dependent resides and the dependent actually moves to an authorized safe haven designated by that authority;". (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as of August 23, 1992, and shall apply with respect to any evacuation ordered by competent military authority on or after that date. Subtitle D—Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits SEC. 641. REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES ON CONCURRENT PAYMENT OF RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY AND VETERANS' DISABILITY COMPENSA- TION. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF ALTERNATIVES.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on alternative approaches to permit the concurrent payment to members and former members of the Armed Forces of unreduced retired or retainer pay and imreduced compensation for service-connected disabilities payable under laws aaministered by the Secretary of Veterans Anairs. The report shall include alternative formulas to integrate those two benefits. (b) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.— The report shall be submitted not later than April 1, 1993. (c) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATION. —The Secretary may include with the report such recommendations for legislation as the Secretary considers to be appropriate. SEC. 642. INCREASE IN RECOMPUTED RETIRED PAY FOR CERTAIN ENLISTED MEMBERS CREDITED WITH EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM. (a) MEMBERS INITIALLY ENTERING SERVICE BEFORE SEPTEM- BER 8, 1980.—Section 1402 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f)(1) In the case of a member who is entitled to recompute retired pay under this section upon release from active duty served after retiring under section 3914 or 8914 of this title, the member's retired pay as recomputed under another provision of this section shall be increased by 10 percent of the amount so recomputed if the member has been credited by the Secretary concerned with extraordinary heroism in the line of duty during any period of active duty service in the armed forces.