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      "id": 102587,
      "date": "2003-10-08",
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      "title": "Military Pay: Controversy Over Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay and Family Separation Allowance Rates",
      "summary": "Recently, controversy has surfaced over the rate of pay for two specific types of military\ncompensation: Hostile Fire/Imminent Danger Pay (HF/IDP) and the Family Separation Allowance\n(FSA). The rates for these forms of compensation were temporarily increased for FY2003 by the\nEmergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003, and extended by a continuing\nresolution,  H.J.Res. 69 . If no further action is taken by Congress, the statutory authority\nfor the higher rates will expire on October 31, 2003. However, both the House and Senate versions\nof the 2004 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill for Iraq and Afghanistan contain \nprovisions to extend the higher rates of HF/IDP and FSA through September 30, 2004. Additionally,\nboth the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2004 have\nprovisions that would permanently raise the rates for HF/IDP and FSA, although the House provision\nis targeted more narrowly. \n  The Department of Defense opposes continuing the higher rates for HF/IDP and FSA but has\nan alternative proposal to maintain total compensation for those serving in a combat zone, or in\ndirect support of a combat zone, through increased use of Hardship Duty Pay (HDP).\n  This report describes the statutory authority for and purpose of these forms of compensation,\nrecent legislative initiatives related to them, the Department of Defense (DOD) position on these\nmatters, and some implications of the DOD position.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "National Defense"
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