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 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2427 Sec. 582. Exception to strength limitations for Public Health Service officers assigned to the Department of Defense. Sec. 583. Authority to provide legal assistance to Public Health Service officers. TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances Sec. 601. Military pay raise for fiscal year 1997. Sec. 602. Adjustment of rate of cadet and midshipman pay. Sec. 603. Pay of senior noncommissioned officers while nospitalized. Sec. 604. Availability of basic allowance for quarters for certain members without dependents who serve on sea duty. Sec. 605. Uniform applicability of discretion to deny an election not to occupy Government quarters. Sec. 606. Establishment of minimum monthly amount of variable housing allowance for high housing cost areas. Sec. 607. Family separation allowance for members separated by military orders from spouses who are members. Sec. 608. Waiver of time limitations for claim for pay and allowances. Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for reserve forces. Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonuses and special pay authorities for nurse officer candidates, registered nurses, and nvirse anesthetists. Sec. 613. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and special pays. Sec. 614. Special pay for certain Public Health Service officers. Sec. 615. Special incentives to recruit and retain dental officers. Sec. 616. Foreign language proficiency pay for Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officers. Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances Sec. 621. Allowance in connection with shipping motor vehicle at Government expense. Sec. 622. Dislocation allowance at a rate equal to two and one-half months basic allowance for quarters. Sec. 623. Allowance for travel performed in connection with leave between consecutive overseas tours. Sec. 624. Funding for transportation of household effects of Public Health Service officers. Subtitle D—Retired Pay, Survivor BeneHts, and Related Matters Sec. 631. Effective date for military retiree cost-of-living adjustment for fiscal year 1998. Sec. 632. Clarification of initial computation of retiree COLAs afl;er retirement. Sec. 633. Suspension of payment of retired pay of members who are absent from the United States to avoid prosecution. Sec. 634. Nonsubstantive restatement of Survivor Benefit Plan statute. Sec. 635. Increases in Survivor Benefit Plan contributions to be effective concurrently with payment of retired pay cost-of-living increases. Sec. 636. Amendments to the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act. Sec. 637. Prevention of circumvention of court order by waiver of retired pay to enhance civil service retirement annuity. Sec. 638. Administration of benefits for so-called minimum income widows. Subtitle E—Other Matters Sec. 651. Discretionary allotment of pay, including retired or retainer pay. Sec. 652. Reimbursement for adoption expenses incurred in adoptions through Wprivate placements. aiver of recoupment of amounts withheld for tax purposes from certain separation pay. Sec. 654. Technical correction clarifying limitation on furnishing clothing or allowances for enlisted National Guard technicians. Sec. 655. Technical correction to prior authority for payment of back pay to certain persons. Sec. 656. Compensation for persons awarded prisoner of war medal who did not previously receive compensation as a prisoner of war. Sec. 657. Payments to certain persons captured and interned by North Vietnam. TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS Subtitle A—Health Care Services Sec. 701. Preventive hesdth care screening for colon and prostate cancer.

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