No Back Pay for Bergdahl Act

“(d)

“(1) Any person found guilty of desertion or an attempt to desert is not entitled to any payments or benefits otherwise provided under section 552 or 559 of title 37 for any period during which the person is treated as being in a missing or captive status after the date on which the person was first determined to be absent from the person’s post of duty without authority.

“(2) If payments or benefits described in paragraph (1) have already been made for that period, the person is indebted to the United States for the full amount of such payments or benefits.

“(3) The punishment under paragraph (1) is in addition to the punishments authorized under subsection (c).

“(4) The Secretary of Defense shall use amounts unpaid by reason of operation of paragraph (1) or recovered under paragraph (2) to provide compensation, in such amounts as the Secretary considers appropriate, to—

“(A) any members of the armed forces who were wounded or injured while searching for the person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert; and

“(B) the designated representatives of any members of the armed forces who were killed while searching for the person.

“(5) In the absence of members of the armed forces described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (4), the Secretary of Defense shall use the amounts as provided in section 2601(b) of this title.”