ELIGIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS FOR DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE.

SEC. 635. ELIGIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS FOR DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE. (a) Eligibility for Primary Dislocation Allowance.—Subsection (a) of section 407 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: “(F) A member whose dependents actually move from the member’s place of residence in connection with the performance 115 STAT. 1145of orders for the member to report to the member’s first permanent duty station if the move— “(i) is to the permanent duty station or a designated location; and “(ii) is an authorized move. “(G) Each of two members married to each other who— “(i) is without dependents; “(ii) actually moves with the member’s spouse to a new permanent duty station; and “(iii) is assigned to family quarters of the United States at or in the vicinity of the new duty station”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) If a primary dislocation allowance is payable to two members described in paragraph (2)(G) who are married to each other, the amount of the allowance payable to such members shall be the amount otherwise payable under this subsection to the member in the higher pay grade, or to either member if both members are in the same pay grade. The allowance shall be paid jointly to both members.”. (b) Conforming Amendment.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by inserting “(except as provided in subsection (a)(2)(F))” after “first duty station”. (c) Application of Amendments.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to an order issued on or after January 1, 2002, in connection with a change of permanent station or for a member of the uniformed services to report to the member’s first permanent duty station.