,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #af1       
#bjag,mr4 ,graves of ,louisiana 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,mr4 ,abraham1 ,mr4
 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,mr4           
,kinzinger1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1   
,mrs4 ,hartzler1 and ,ms4 ,mc,sally7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,uniform ,code of ,military ,justice to 
prohibit the payment of back pay and    
allowances to certain members of the    
,armed ,forces who are guilty of        
desertion and to use the amount of any  
such unpaid pay and allowances to       
provide additional compensation to other
 members of the ,armed ,forces who were 
killed or wounded during missions to    
search for the missing members4  #a4    
,loss of back pay and allowances by     
certain members of the ,armed ,forces   
guilty of desertion  7a7 ,in general    
,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 ,in
 addition to the punishments authorized 
under subsection 7c71 any person who is 
guilty of desertion1 and who in         
connection with the person's absence    
without authority was also listed in the
 duty status of missing-captive1 is not 
entitled to any pay and allowances      
otherwise payable under subsection 7a7  
of section #eeb of title #cg for any    
period during which the person was      
listed in any missing status1 including 
such missing-captive1 after the date on 
which the person was first determined to
 be absent from the person's post of    
duty without authority4 ,as provided in 
subsection 7c7 of such section #eeb1 the
 person is indebted to the ,united      
,states for payments from amounts       
credited to the person's account for    
that period4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary of   
,defense shall use amounts unpaid or    

recovered by reason of operation of     
paragraph 7#a7 to provide compensation1 
in such amounts as the ,secretary       
considers appropriate1 to--  7,a7 any   
members of the armed forces who were    
wounded while searching for the person  
guilty of desertion2 and  7,b7 the      
designated representatives of any       
members of the armed forces who were    
killed while searching for the person4  
4  7b7 ,effective period of amendment   
,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 only with respect to a      
member of the ,armed ,forces who1 during
 the one-year period beginning on       
,october #a1 #bjag1 is guilty of        
desertion as described in such          
subsection 7d74