AUTHORITY TO FURNISH CIVILIAN CLOTHING TO MEMBERS TRAVELING IN CONNECTION WITH MEDICAL EVACUATION.

SEC. 584. AUTHORITY TO FURNISH CIVILIAN CLOTHING TO MEMBERS TRAVELING IN CONNECTION WITH MEDICAL EVACUATION.(a) Authority.—Section 1047 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by inserting “(b) Certain Enlisted Members.—” before “The Secretary”; and(2) by inserting after the section heading the following:“(a) Members Traveling In Connection With Medical Evacuation.—The Secretary of the military department concerned may furnish civilian clothing to a member at a cost not to exceed 118 STAT. 1930 $250, or reimburse a member for the purchase of civilian clothing in an amount not to exceed $250, in the case of a member who—“(1) is medically evacuated for treatment in a medical facility by reason of an illness or injury incurred or aggravated while on active duty; or“(2) after being medically evacuated as described in paragraph (1), is in an authorized travel status from a medical facility to another location approved by the Secretary.”.(b) Effective Date.—Subsection (a) of section 1047 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect as of October 1, 2004, and (subject to subsection (c)) shall apply with respect to clothing furnished, and reimbursement for clothing purchased, on or after that date.(c) Retroactive Application.—With respect to the period beginning on October 1, 2004, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide for subsection (a) of section 1047 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), to be applied as a continuation of the authority provided in section 1319 of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 571), as continued in effect during fiscal year 2004 by section 1103 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106; 117 Stat. 1214).