AUTHORIZED BENEFITS UNDER SPECIAL SEPARATION BENEFITS PROGRAM AND VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE.

SEC. 4405. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS UNDER SPECIAL SEPARATION BENEFITS PROGRAM AND VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE. (a) Travel and Transportation Benefits Under SSB.—Subsection (b)(2)(B) of section 1174a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after “chapter 58 of this title” the following: “,sections 404 and 406 of title 37, and section 503(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (104 Stat. 1558; 37 U.S.C. 406 note)”. (b) Eligibility for Involuntary Separation Benefits Under VSI.—Section 1175 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(j) A member of the armed forces who is provided a voluntary separation incentive under this section shall be eligible for the same benefits and services as are provided under chapter 58 of this title, sections 404 and 406 of title 37, and section 503(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (104 Stat. 1558; 37 U.S.C. 406 note) for members of the armed forces who are involuntarily separated within the meaning of section 1141 of this title.” (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply as if included in sections 1174a and 1175 of title 10, United States Code, as enacted on December 5, 1991, but any benefits or services payable by reason of the applicability of the provisions of those amendments during the period beginning on December 5, 1991, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be subject to the availability of appropriations.