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PUBLIC LAW 99-399—AUG. 27, 1986

effective date of those subsections, under regulations prescribed by the President, (c) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this subsection, "pay and allowances" has the meaning provided under section 5561 of title 5, United States Code SEC. 806. BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF HOSTILE ACTION.

(a) PAYMENTS.—(1) Chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 37 USC 559.

"§ 559. Benefits for members held as captives "(a) In this section— . "(1) 'captive status' means a missing status of a member of the uniformed services which, as determined by the President, arises because of a hostile action and is a result of membership I in the uniformed services, but does not include a period of captivity of a member as a prisoner of war if Congress provides ' to such member, in an Act enacted after the date of the enactAnte, p. 879. ment of the Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act, monetary payment in respect of such period of captivity; and "(2) 'former captive' means a person who, as a member of the uniformed services, was held in a captive status. "(b)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a savings fund to which the Secretary concerned may allot all or any portion of the pay and allowances of any member of the uniformed services who is in a captive status to the extent that such pay and allowances 10 USC 553. are not subject to an allotment under section 553 of this title or any other provision of law. "(2) Amounts so allotted shall bear interest at a rate which, for any calendar quarter, shall be equal to the average rate paid on United States Treasury bills with three-month maturities issued during the preceding calendar quarter. Such interest shall be computed quarterly. "(3) Amounts in the savings fund credited to a member shall be considered as pay and allowances for purposes of section 553(c) of this title and shall otherwise be subject to withdrawal under procedures which the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish. "(4) Any interest accruing under this subsection on— "(A) any amount for which a member is indebted to the United States under section 552(c) of this title shall be deemed "(B) any amount referred to in section 556(f) of this title shall be deemed to be part of such amount for purposes of such section. "(5) An allotment under this subsection may be made without regard to section 553(c) of this title. President of U.S. "(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the President shall make a cash payment to any person who is a former captive. Such payment shall be made before the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the captive status of such person terminates. "(2) Except as provided in section 802 of the Victims of Terrorism Ante, p. 879. Compensation Act, the amount of such payment shall be determined Ante, p. 879. by the President under the provisions of section 5569(d)(2) of title 5. "(3)(A) The President—
 * to be part of the amount due under such section; and

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