COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS OWED TO SERVICE RELIEF SOCIETIES FROM FINAL PAY OF MEMBERS

SEC. 633. COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS OWED TO SERVICE RELIEF SOCIETIES FROM FINAL PAY OF MEMBERS (a) Collection of Amounts Owed Relief Societies.— Section 1007 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h)(1) Upon request by a service relief society and subject to paragraph (2), an amount owed by a member of the uniformed services to the relief society may be deducted from the pay on final statement of such member and paid to that relief society. “(2) An amount may not be deducted under paragraph (1) from the pay of a member unless the Secretary concerned makes a deter-101 STAT. 1106mination of the amount owed in accordance with the regulations prescribed under subsection (c). Any amount determined to be owed to a service relief society under this paragraph shall be considered an amount that the member is administratively determined to owe the United States under subsection (c) and shall be collectible in accordance with such subsection. “(3) The Secretaries concerned shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. “(4) In this subsection, the term ‘service relief society’ means the Army Emergency Relief, the Air Force Aid Society, the Navy Relief Society, or the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance.”. (b) Effective Date.—Subsection (h) of section 1007 of title 37, (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to debts incurred by members of the uniformed services after the date of the enactment of this Act.