[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3388 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3388

     To amend title 37, United States Code, to impose a statute of 
  limitations on the ability of the Department of Defense to recover 
   certain indebtedness owed to the United States by members of the 
uniformed services, including retired and former members, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

   Mr. Nugent (for himself, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Gibson, Mr. 
 Sessions, Mrs. Black, and Mr. Burgess) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 37, United States Code, to impose a statute of 
  limitations on the ability of the Department of Defense to recover 
   certain indebtedness owed to the United States by members of the 
uniformed services, including retired and former members, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Statute Of Limitations for DOD 
Inactive Employee Repossessions Act'' or the ``SOLDIER Act''.

SEC. 2. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOVERY OF 
              AMOUNTS OWED TO THE UNITED STATES BY MEMBERS OF THE 
              UNIFORMED SERVICES, INCLUDING RETIRED AND FORMER MEMBERS.

    Section 1007(c)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(C) If the indebtedness of a member of the uniformed services to 
the United States occurs, through no fault of the member, as a result 
of the overpayment of pay or allowances to the member or upon the 
settlement of the member's accounts, the Secretary concerned may not 
recover the indebtedness from the member, including a retired or former 
member, using deductions from the pay of the member, deductions from 
retired or separation pay, or any other collection method unless 
recovery of the indebtedness commences before the end of the 10-year 
period beginning on the date on which the indebtedness was incurred.''.
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