PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR LENGTHY OR NUMEROUS DEPLOYMENTS.

SEC. 592. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR LENGTHY OR NUMEROUS DEPLOYMENTS. (a) Funding Source for Allowance.—Section 436(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary shall pay the allowance from appropriations available for operation and maintenance for the armed force in which the member serves.”. (b) Expanded Report Regarding Management of Individual Member Deployments.—Section 574(d) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A-138) is amended in the second sentence by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following new paragraphs: “(1) a discussion of the experience in tracking and recording the deployments of members of the Armed Forces and the payment of the per diem allowance for lengthy or numerous 115 STAT. 1126deployments in accordance with section 436 of title 37, United States Code; “(2) specific comments regarding the effect of section 991 of title 10, United States Code, and section 436 of title 37, United States Code, on the readiness of the Navy and Marine Corps given the deployment intensive mission of these services; and “(3) any recommendations for revision of section 991 of title 10, United States Code, or section 436 of title 37, United States Code, that the Secretary considers appropriate.”.