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 117 STAT. 1504

37 USC 310 note.

PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

danger on the basis of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions. ‘‘(b) CONTINUATION DURING HOSPITALIZATION.—A member covered by subsection (a)(2)(C) who is hospitalized for the treatment of the injury or wound may be paid special pay under this section for not more than three additional months during which the member is so hospitalized.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (c), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.—’’ before ‘‘(1)’’; and (2) in subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘DETERMINATIONS OF FACT.—’’ before ‘‘Any’’. (c) 4Effective Date.—Subsections (a) and (b) of section 310 of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2), shall take effect as of September 11, 2001. (d) RELATION TO TEMPORARY INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF HOSTILE FIRE AND IMMINENT DANGER SPECIAL PAY.—(1) The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) does not affect the authority to pay an increased amount of hostile fire and imminent danger special pay under section 310 of title 37, United States Code, pursuant to— (A) the amendment made by subsection (a) of section 1316 of Public Law 108–11 (117 Stat. 570) during the period specified in subsection (c)(1) of such section, as modified by section 113 of Public Law 108–84 (117 Stat. 1044); or (B) the amendment made by section 619 of this Act during the period specified in such amendment. (2) Effective as of April 16, 2003, section 1316(c)(2) of Public Law 108–11 (117 Stat. 570) is amended by inserting ‘‘the dollar amounts specified in’’ before ‘‘sections’’. SEC. 619. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF HOSTILE FIRE AND IMMINENT DANGER SPECIAL PAY.

Section 310 of title 37, United States Code, as amended by section 618, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(e) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF SPECIAL PAY.—For the period beginning on October 1, 2003, and ending on December 31, 2004, the rate of pay authorized by subsection (a) shall be increased to $225.’’. 37 USC 310 note.

SEC. 620. RETROACTIVE PAYMENT OF HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT DANGER PAY FOR SERVICE IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.

(a) PAYMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense may authorize the payment of hostile fire or imminent danger pay under section 310(a) of title 37, United States Code, to members of the Armed Forces who were assigned to duty, during the period beginning on March 19, 2003, and ending on April 11, 2003, in the area specified in subsection (b) in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom at any time during that period. (b) SPECIFIED AREA.—The area referred to in subsection (a) is the Mediterranean Sea east of 30 degrees East Longitude (sea area only).

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