,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,speier introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require
 the payment of the full amount of      
separation pay otherwise due to former  
members of the ,armed ,forces who were  
separated under the former ,don't ,ask1 
,don't ,tell ,policy of the ,department 
of ,defense and were only paid a portion
 of the full amount4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,military
 ,separation ,pay ,fairness ,act of     
#bjad4  #b4 ,full separation pay for    
former members of the ,armed ,forces who
 were separated under former ,don't     
,ask1 ,don't ,tell ,policy  7a7         
,identification of affected members ,not
 later than #fj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall--  7#a7    
identify each former member of the      
,armed ,forces who was separated from   

the ,armed ,forces for violation of the 
policy expressed in subsection 7b7 of   
section #fed of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code1 as in effect before the  
effective date of the ,don't ,ask1      
,don't ,tell ,repeal ,act of #bjaj      
7,public ,law #aaa-cba2 #abd ,stat4     
#ceaf72 and  7#b7 determine1 for each   
member so identified1 whether the member
 was paid the full amount of the        
separation pay to which the member      
should have been entitled under section 
#aagd of such title or was paid a       
reduced amount of separation pay because
 of homosexuality1 pursuant to paragraph
 #c4b4c4a4d of ,department of ,defense  
,instruction ,no4 #accb4bi1 as in effect
 at the time of the separation of the   
member4  7b7 ,payment of full amount    
,not later than #cj days after the date 
on which the ,secretary of ,defense     
makes a determination under subsection  
7a77#b7 that a former member of the     
,armed ,forces was not paid the full    
amount of the separation pay to which   

the member should have been entitled    
under section #aagd of title #aj1       
,united ,states ,code1 the ,secretary   
shall pay to the member 7or to the      
estate of the member if the member is   
deceased7 an amount equal to--  7#a7 the
 amount of the difference between the   
full amount of the separation pay that  
the member should have been paid under  
such section and the amount of          
separation pay actually paid to the     
member2 and  7#b7 interest on the amount
 determined under paragraph 7#a7 as     
provided in section #ajce7;b7 of such   
title4  7c7 ,exclusion of certain       
members ,former members of the ,armed   
,forces who joined the class-action     
settlement in ,collins v4 ,united       
,states 7,case ,no4 #aj-ggh;c7 are not  
entitled to additional payment under    
subsection 7b77#a71 but are entitled to 
interest as provided by subsection      
7b77#b74  7d7 ,source of funds for      
payments ,the ,secretary of ,defense    
shall make the payments required by     

subsection 7b7 using amounts            
appropriated for the payment of         
separation pay to members of the ,armed 
,forces under section #aagd of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code4