Bill > S3180

This bill, the Rachel Booth Act, aims to expand the availability of transitional compensation for dependents of members of the Armed Forces who are convicted of dependent abuse or accused of dependent abuse but required to forfeit pay and allowances for an unrelated offense. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Extending transitional compensation to dependents of members who are convicted of dependent abuse in federal or state court and administratively separated for an unrelated offense, as well as dependents of members accused but not convicted of dependent abuse who are required to forfeit all pay and allowances for an unrelated offense. 2. Modifying the criteria for determining the start date of transitional compensation payments, allowing them to commence from the date of pretrial confinement or the date a commander determines probable cause of the dependent abuse offense. 3. Clarifying the definition of "dependent child" eligible for transitional compensation to include those of members referred to in the expanded coverage. 4. Allowing the Secretary concerned to delegate the authority to authorize eligibility for transitional compensation to the first general or flag officer (or civilian equivalent) in the chain of command of the member.