TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHO ARE CARRIED DURING PREGNANCY AT TIME OF DEPENDENT-ABUSE OFFENSE COMMITTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHILE A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES.

SEC. 564. TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHO ARE CARRIED DURING PREGNANCY AT TIME OF DEPENDENT-ABUSE OFFENSE COMMITTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHILE A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) In General.—Section 1059 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) Payment to a child under this section shall not cover any period before the birth of the child.” ; and (2) in subsection (l), by striking “at the time of the dependent-abuse offense resulting in the separation of the former member” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting “or eligible spouse at the time of the dependent-abuse offense resulting in the separation of the former member or who was carried during pregnancy at the time of the dependent-abuse offense resulting in the separation of the former member and was subsequently born alive to the eligible spouse or former spouse”. (b) [10 U.S.C. 1059 note] Prospective Applicability.—No benefits shall accrue by reason of the amendments made by this section for any month that begins before the date of the enactment of this Act.