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 103 STAT. 1470 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 (d) REPORT.—(1) Subsection (g) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(g) REPORT.—(1) Not later than March 1, 1990, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report evaluating— "(A) the effectiveness of the Armed Forces in retaining medi- cal officers by providing a retention bonus under this section to medical officers who make a multi-year active-duty service commitment; and "(B) the effectiveness and practicability of such alternative multi-year options as the Secretary considers appropriate to encourage medical officers to make active-duty service commit- ments of longer length. "(2) The options evaluated by the Secretary under paragraph (I)(B) shall include— "(A) a proposal to increase the payment of additional special gay under subsection (a)(4) of section 302 of title 37, United tates Code, by $2,000 for a two-year active-duty service commit- ment, $4,000 for a three-year active-duty service commitment, and $8,000 for a four-year active-duty service commitment; and "(B) a proposal to increase the amount of incentive special pay provided under subsection (b) of such section to medical officers who make a multi-year active-duty service commitment by a certain percentage based on the length of the active-duty service commitment. "(3) The Secretary shall include for each option evaluated under paragraph (1) an assessment of the cost of such option if imple- mented and methods to fund such option within the amounts pro- vided for special pay under section 302 of title 37, United States Code. ". (2) Such section is further amended by striking out subsection (i). 37 USC 302 note. (e) TRANSITION FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS EXCLUDED DURING FiSCAL YEAR 1989.—(1) In the case of an agreement that was executed by a medical officer under section 612 of the National Defense Authoriza- tion Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (102 Stat. 1979; 37 U.S.C. 302 note), before October 1, 1989, but that was not accepted by the Secretary con- cerned solely because of the limitation contained in subsection (h) of such section, the Secretary concerned may accept such agreement during the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act notwithstanding such limitation. (2) An agreement accepted under this subsection may be deemed ^ by the Secretary concerned to have been accepted on the date on which the officer executed the agreement during fiscal year 1989. 37 USC 302 note. (f) COVERAGE OF PERIOD OF LAPSED AUTHORFTY. —In the Case of a medical officer described in paragraph (2) who executes an agree- ment under section 612 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (102 Stat. 1979; 37 U.S.C. 302 note), during the 90- day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may deem such agreement to have been exe- cuted and accepted for purposes of such section on the first date on which the officer would have qualified for such agreement had the authority referred to in such paragraph not lapsed. (2) A medical officer referred to in paragraph (1) is an officer who, during the period beginning on October 1, 1989, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, would have qualified for an agreement under such section but for the fact that the authority for the payment of bonuses provided by such section had lapsed.

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