Provides the following services or benefits for members of the armed forces serving under arduous conditions (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) outside of the United States pursuant to an assignment or detail as part of Operation Desert Shield: (1) free mailing privileges of letters or sound or video communications having the characteristics of a personal letter; (2) the deposit of pay and other allowances as part of a savings program; and (3) special pay relating to imminent danger.
Removes the limitation on the payment allowed for unused accrued leave in the case of members, reserve members, or retired members of the armed forces called to active duty in connection with Operation Desert Shield.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to report on various options for reforming the basic allowance for subsistence entitlement, addressing specifically the problems resulting from termination of the allowance upon deployment for field or sea duty.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 886.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committee on Armed Services. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Armed Services. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 3144 ordered to be reported.
Committee on Armed Services. Reported to Senate by Senator Nunn with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Armed Services. Reported to Senate by Senator Nunn with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 890.
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