EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO REMIT OR CANCEL INDEBTEDNESS OF MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES INCURRED ON ACTIVE DUTY.

SEC. 673. EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO REMIT OR CANCEL INDEBTEDNESS OF MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES INCURRED ON ACTIVE DUTY.(a) Department of the Army.—(1) Coverage of all members and former members.—Subsection (a) of section 4837 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “of a member” and all that follows through “on active duty” and inserting “of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States incurred while the person was serving on active duty as a member of the Army”.(2) Repeal of limitation on time for exercise of authority.—Such section is further amended—(A) by striking subsection (b); and(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.(3) Repeal of termination of modified authority.—Paragraph (3) of section 683(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3322; 10 U.S.C. 4837 note) is repealed.(b) Department of the Navy.—(1) Coverage of all members and former members.—Section 6161 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “of a member” and all that follows through “on active duty” and inserting “of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States incurred while the person was serving on active duty as a member of the naval service”.(2) Repeal of limitation on time for exercise of authority.—Such section is further amended—(A) by striking subsection (b); and(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.(3) Repeal of termination of modified authority.—Paragraph (3) of section 683(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (119 Stat. 3323; 10 U.S.C. 6161 note) is repealed.(c) Department of the Air Force.—(1) Coverage of all members and former members.—Subsection (a) of section 9837 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “of a member” and all that follows through “on active duty” and inserting “of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States 120 STAT. 2272 incurred while the person was serving on active duty as a member of the Air Force”.(2) Repeal of limitation on time for exercise of authority.—Such section is further amended—(A) by striking subsection (b); and(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.(3) Repeal of termination of modified authority.—Paragraph (3) of section 683(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (119 Stat. 3324; 10 U.S.C. 9837 note) is repealed.(d) Deadline for Regulations.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the regulations required for purposes of sections 4837, 6161, and 9837 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section, not later than March 1, 2007.(e) Clarifying and Editorial Amendments.—(1) Secretary of the army.—Subsection (a) of section 4837 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(1), is further amended—(A) by striking “If the” and all that follows through “States, the Secretary” and inserting “The Secretary of the Army”; and(B) by inserting before the period at the end “, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States”.(2) Secretary of the navy.—Subsection (a) of section 6161 of such title, as amended by subsection (b)(1), is further amended—(A) by striking “If the” and all that follows through “States, the Secretary” and inserting “The Secretary of the Navy”; and(B) by inserting before the period at the end “, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States”.(3) Secretary of the air force.—Subsection (a) of section 9837 of such title, as amended by subsection (c)(1), is further amended—(A) by striking “If the” and all that follows through “States, the Secretary” and inserting “The Secretary of the Air Force”; and(B) by inserting before the period at the end “, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States”.