LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR SUSPENDED ACADEMY CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN.

SEC. 562. LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR SUSPENDED ACADEMY CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN. (a) Authority.— Section 702 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by designating the second sentence of subsection (b) as subsection (d); (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): “(b) Involuntary Leave Without Pay for Suspended Academy Cadets and Midshipmen.— (1) Under regulations prescribed under subsection (d), the Secretary concerned may place an academy cadet or midshipman on involuntary leave for any period during which the Superintendent of the Academy at which the cadet or midshipman is admitted has suspended the cadet or midshipman from duty at the Academy— “(A) pending separation from the Academy; “(B) pending return to the Academy to repeat an academic semester or year; or “(C) for other good cause. “(2) A cadet or midshipman placed on involuntary leave under paragraph (1) is not entitled to any pay under section 230(c) of title 37 for the period of the leave. “(3) Return of an academy cadet or midshipman to a pay status at the Academy concerned from involuntary leave status under paragraph (1) does not restore any entitlement of the cadet or midshipman to pay for the period of the involuntary leave.”. (b) Definition.— Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)), by striking out “cadets at” and all that follows through “Naval Academy” and inserting in lieu thereof “academy cadets or midshipmen”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) Definition.— In this section, the term ‘academy cadet or midshipman’ means— “(1) a cadet of the United States Military Academy; 112 STAT. 2028 “(2) a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy; “(3) a cadet of the United States Air Force Academy; or “(4) cadet of the United States Coast Guard Academy.”. (c) Subsection Headings.— Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting “Graduation Leave.—” after “(a)”; (2) (2) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)), by inserting “Inapplicable Leave Provisions.—” after “(c)”; and (3) (3) in subsection (d) (as designated by subsection (a)(1), by inserting “Regulations.—” after “(d)”.