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 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1771 Sec. 620. Definition of sea duty for purposes of career sea pay. Sec. 621. Modification of Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus. Sec. 622. Modification of Selected Reserve enlistment bonus for former enlisted members. Sec. 623. Expansion of reserve affiliation bonus to include Coast Guard Reserve. Sec. 624. Increase in special pay and bonuses for nuclear-qualified officers. Sec. 625. Provision of bonuses in lieu of special pay for enlisted members extending tours of duty at designated locations overseas. Sec. 626. Increase in amount of family separation allowance. Sec. 627. Deadline for payment of Ready Reserve muster duty allowance. Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances Sec. 631. Travel and transportation allowances for dependents before approval of m ember' s court -m artial sentence. Sec. 632. Dislocation allowance. Subtitle D—Retired Pay, Survivor Benefits, and Related Matters Sec. 641. One-year opportunity to discontinue participation in Survivor Benefit Plan. Sec. 642. Time in which change in survivor benefit coverage from former spouse to spouse may be made. Sec. 643. Review of Federal former spouse protection laws. Sec. 644. Annuities for certain military surviving spouses. Sec. 645. Administration of benefits for so-called minimum income widows. Subtitle E—Other Matters Sec. 651. Loan repayment program for commissioned officers in certain health professions. Sec. 652. Conformance of NOAA commissioned officers separation pay to separation pay for members of other uniformed services, igibility of Public Health Service officers and NOAA commissioned corps officers for reimbursement of adoption expenses. Sec. 654. Payment of back quarters and subsistence allowances to World War II veterans who served as guerrilla fighters in the Philippines. Sec. 655. Subsistence of members of the Armed Forces above the poverty level. Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances SEC. 601. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998. 37 USC 1009. (a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The adjustment, to become effective during fiscal year 1998, required by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code (as amended by section 604), in the rate of monthly basic pay authorized members of the uniformed services by section 203(a) of such title shall not be made, (b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January 1, 1998, Effective date, the rates of basic pay of members of the uniformed services are increased by 2.8 percent. SEC. 602. REFORM OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE. (a) ENTITLEMENT TO ALLOWANCE.— Section 402 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 402. Basic allowance for subsistence " (a) ENTITLEMENT TO ALLOWANCE.— (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) or otherwise provided by law, each member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence as set forth in this section. "(2) An enlisted member is not entitled to the basic allowance for subsistence during basic training. "(b) RATES OF ALLOWANCE BASED ON FOOD COSTS.—(1) The monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence to be in effect for an enlisted member for a year (beginning on January 1 of that year) shall be the amount that is hal^ay between the following

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