BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE FOR RESERVES.

SEC. 604. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE FOR RESERVES. (a) In General.— Section 402 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 112 STAT. 2038 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: “(e) Special Rule for Certain Enlisted Reserve Members.— Unless entitled to basic pay under section 204 of this title, an enlisted member of a reserve component may receive, at the discretion of the Secretary concerned, rations in kind, or a part thereof, when the member’s instruction or duty periods, as described in section 206(a) of this title, total at least 8 hours in a calendar day. The Secretary concerned may provide an enlisted member who could be provided rations in kind under the preceding sentence with a commutation when rations in kind are not available.”. (b) Application During Transitional Period.— Section 602(d)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 37 U.S.C. 402 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(D) Special rule for certain enlisted reserve members.— Unless entitled to basic pay under section 204 of title 37, United States Code, an enlisted member of a reserve component (as defined in section 101(24) of such title) may receive, at the discretion of the Secretary concerned (as defined in section 101(5) of such title), rations in kind, or a part thereof, when the member’s instruction or duty periods (as described in section 206(a) of such title) total at least 8 hours in a calendar day. The Secretary concerned may provide an enlisted member who could be provided rations in kind under the preceding sentence with a commutation when rations in kind are not available.”.