enhancements to exemption for members with combat-related injuries from requirement for payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized

enhancements to exemption for members with combat-related injuries from requirement for payment of subsistence charges while hospitalizedSec. 1112. (a) Exemption Made Permanent.—Subsection (c) of section 1075 of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 8146(a)(2) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–87)), is repealed.(b) Retroactivity.—Subsection (b) of section 8146 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–87), is amended to read as follows: “(b) Effective Date.—(1) Subsection (b)(2) of section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to any period of hospitalization on or after September 11, 2001, because of an injury covered by that subsection that is incurred on or after that date.“(2) The Secretary concerned (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code) shall take such action as necessary to implement paragraph (1), including—“(A) refunding any amount previously paid under section 1075 of title 10, United States Code, by a person who, by reason of paragraph (1), is not required to make such payment; and“(B) waiving recovery of any unpaid amount for which a person has previously been charged under that section and which that person, by reason of paragraph (1), is not required to pay.”.117 STAT. 1216