A bill to amend section 1124(c) of title 10, United States Code, to remove the restriction that a member of the armed forces must be on active duty to be eligible for the payment of a cash award for a suggestion, invention, or scientific achievement.

Stipulates that a cash award for suggestions, inventions, or scientific achievements by a member of the armed forces may be made notwithstanding the member's death, separation from service, or retirement so long as the suggestion, invention, or scientific achievement was made while the member was on active duty or in an Active Reserve status.