TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO PRIOR AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF BACKPAY TO CERTAIN PERSONS.

SEC. 655. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO PRIOR AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF BACKPAY TO CERTAIN PERSONS. Section 634 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 366) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out “Island of Bataan” and inserting in lieu thereof “peninsula of Bataan or island of Corregidor”; and (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after the first sentence the following: “For the purposes of this subsection, the Secretary of War shall be deemed to have determined that conditions in the Philippines during the specified period justified payment under applicable regulations of quarters and subsistence allowances at the maximum special rate for duty where emergency conditions existed.”.