Section 1
SECTION 1. Republic Act Numbered Five hundred and seventy-three is amended by inserting between section five and Title III thereof the following new section: "SEC. 5-A. Family subsistence allowance.—The spouse, in default of the spouse, the children, or in default of such spouse and children, the parents, or in default of such spouse, children, and parents, the dependents for support of an officer or enlisted man shall receive a family subsistence allowance equivalent to three months1 base pay in the case of an officer, and four months' base pay in the case of an enlisted man. Said family subsistence allowance shall be paid only once upon departure of the officer or enlisted man from the Philippines for service overseas. The family subsistence allowance advanced or to be paid to the officers and enlisted men of the Tenth and Twentieth Battalion Combat Teams shall be computed on the basis of their respective ranks at the time of their departure from the Philippines: Provided, That if the cash advance already made to any officer or enlisted man of the Tenth or Twentieth Battalion Combat Team shall exceed his family subsistence allowance as computed above, such officer or enlisted man shall not be required to reimburse the difference."