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 PUBLIC LAW 106-419—NOV. 1, 2000 114 STAT. 1841 "Position Rate Deputy Service Director $20,000 Service Director 25,000 Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health 27,500 Assistant Under Secretary for Health (or in a comparable position as determined by the Secretary) 30,000.". (e) GEOGRAPHIC PAY. —Paragraph (6) of that section is amended by striking "$5,000" and inserting "$12,000". (f) SPECIAL PAY FOR POST-GRADUATE TRAINING. —Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(8) For a dentist who has successfully completed a postgraduate year of hospital-based training in a program accredited by the American Dental Association, an annual rate of $2,000 for each of the first two years of service after successful completion of that training.". (g) CREDITING OF INCREASED TENURE PAY FOR CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT.— Section 7438(b) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5): "(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), a dentist employed as a dentist in the Veterans Health Administration on the date of the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 shall be entitled to have special pay paid to the dentist under section 7435(b)(2)(A) of this title (referred to as 'tenure pay') considered basic pay for the purposes of chapter 83 or 84, as appropriate, of title 5 only as follows: "(A) In an amount equal to the amount that would have been so considered under such section on the day before such date based on the rates of special pay the dentist was entitled to receive under that section on the day before such date. "(B) With respect to any amount of special pay received under that section in excess of the amount such dentist was entitled to receive under such section on the day before such date, in an amount equal to 25 percent of such excess amount for each two years that the physician or dentist has completed as a physician or dentist in the Veterans Health Administration after such date.". (h) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section 38 USC 7435 shall apply with respect to agreements entered into by dentists note. under subchapter III of chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (i) TRANSITION. —In the case of an agreement entered into by 38 USC 7435 a dentist under subchapter III of chapter 74 of title 38, United note. States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act that expires after that date, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the dentist concerned may agree to terminate that agreement as of the date of the enactment of this Act in order to permit a new agreement in accordance with section 7435 of such title, as amended by this section, to take effect as of that date. SEC. 203. EXEMPTION FOR PHARMACISTS FROM CEILING ON SPECIAL SALARY RATES. Section 7455(c)(1) is amended by inserting ", pharmacists," after "anesthetists".

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