INCOME REPLACEMENT PAYMENTS FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS EXPERIENCING EXTENDED AND FREQUENT MOBILIZATION FOR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.

SEC. 604. INCOME REPLACEMENT PAYMENTS FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS EXPERIENCING EXTENDED AND FREQUENT MOBILIZATION FOR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.(a) Clarification Regarding When Payments Required.—Subsection (a) of section 910 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first 122 STAT. 146 sentence the following: “, when the total monthly military compensation of the member is less than the average monthly civilian income of the member”.(b) Eligibility.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows:“(b) Eligibility.—(1) A member of a reserve component is entitled to a payment under this section for any full month of active duty of the member, when the total monthly military compensation of the member is less than the average monthly civilian income of the member, while the member is on active duty under an involuntary mobilization order, following the date on which the member—“(A) completes 547 continuous days of service on active duty under an involuntary mobilization order;“(B) completes 730 cumulative days on active duty under an involuntary mobilization order during the previous 1,826 days; or“(C) is involuntarily mobilized for service on active duty for a period of 180 days or more within 180 days after the date of the member’s separation from a previous period of active duty for a period of 180 days or more.“(2) The entitlement of a member of a reserve component to a payment under this section also shall commence or, if previously commenced under paragraph (1), shall continue if the member—“(A) satisfies the required number of days on active duty specified in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) or was involuntarily mobilized as provided in subparagraph (C) of such paragraph; and“(B) is retained on active duty under subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 12301(h)(1) of title 10 because of an injury or illness incurred or aggravated while the member was assigned to duty in an area for which special pay under section 310 of this title is available.”.(c) Termination of Authority.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended to read as follows:“(g) Termination.—No payment shall be made to a member under this section for months beginning after December 31, 2008, unless the entitlement of the member to payments under this section commenced on or before that date.”.