,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ae1       
#bjag,mr4 ,pearce introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,uniform ,code of 
,military ,justice to prevent the       
receipt of unpaid pay and allowances by 
,bowe ,bergdahl and other members of the
 ,armed ,forces who are guilty of       
desertion and to reserve such unpaid pay
 and allowances to provide additional   
compensation to members of the ,armed   
,forces who are killed1 wounded1 or     
injured while searching for a missing   
member of the ,armed ,forces who turns  
out to have deserted4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,no ,back
 ,pay for ,bergdahl ,act4  #b4          
,prohibition on receipt of unpaid pay   
and allowances by members of the ,armed 
,forces guilty of desertion  7a7        
,prohibition ,section #hhe of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code 7article #he of  

the ,uniform ,code of ,military         
,justice71 is amended by adding at the  
end the following new subsection3  7d7  
7#a7 ,any person found guilty of        
desertion or an attempt to desert is not
 entitled to any payments or benefits   
otherwise provided under section #eeb or
 #eei of title #cg for any period during
 which the person is treated as being in
 a missing or captive status after the  
date on which the person was first      
determined to be absent from the        
person's post of duty without authority4
  7#b7 ,if payments or benefits         
described in paragraph 7#a7 have already
 been made for that period1 the person  
is indebted to the ,united ,states for  
the full amount of such payments or     
benefits4  7#c7 ,the punishment under   
paragraph 7#a7 is in addition to the    
punishments authorized under subsection 
7c74  7#d7 ,the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall use amounts unpaid by reason of   
operation of paragraph 7#a7 or recovered
 under paragraph 7#b7 to provide        

compensation1 in such amounts as the    
,secretary considers appropriate1 to--  
7,a7 any members of the armed forces who
 were wounded or injured while searching
 for the person found guilty of         
desertion or attempt to desert2 and     
7,b7 the designated representatives of  
any members of the armed forces who were
 killed while searching for the person4 
7#e7 ,in the absence of members of the  
armed forces described in subparagraph  
7,a7 or 7,b7 of paragraph 7#d71 the     
,secretary of ,defense shall use the    
amounts as provided in section #bfja7;b7
 of this title4  4  7b7 ,application of 
amendment to ,bowe ,bergdahl ,subsection
 7d7 of section #hhe of title #aj1      
,united ,states ,code 7article #he of   
the ,uniform ,code of ,military         
,justice71 as added by subsection 7a71  
shall apply with respect to ,bowe       
,bergdahl4