PROTECTION OF TOTAL COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS WHILE PERFORMING CERTAIN DUTY.

SEC. 605. PROTECTION OF TOTAL COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS WHILE PERFORMING CERTAIN DUTY. Section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, as amended by section 604, is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: “(f) Protection of Member’s Total Compensation While Performing Certain Duty.—(1) The total daily equivalent amount of the elements of compensation described in paragraph (3), together with other pay and allowances under this title, to be paid to a member of the uniformed services who is temporarily assigned to duty away from the member’s permanent duty station or to duty under field conditions at the member’s permanent duty station shall not be less, for any day during the assignment period, than the total amount, for the day immediately preceding the date of 111 STAT. 1785the assignment, of the elements of compensation and other pay and allowances of the member. “(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to an element of compensation or other pay or allowance of a member during an assignment described in such paragraph to the extent that the element of compensation or other pay or allowance is reduced or terminated due to circumstances unrelated to the assignment. “(3) The elements of compensation referred to in this subsection mean— “(A) the monthly basic pay authorized members of the uniformed services by section 203(a) of this title; “(B) the basic allowance for subsistence authorized members of the uniformed services by section 402 of this title; and “(C) the basic allowance for housing authorized members of the uniformed services by section 403 of this title.”.