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 PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

117 STAT. 1505

SEC. 621. EXPANSION OF OVERSEAS TOUR EXTENSION INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO OFFICERS.

(a) SPECIAL PAY OR BONUS FOR EXTENDING OVERSEAS TOUR OF DUTY.—(1) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 314 of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘an enlisted member’’ and inserting ‘‘a member’’. (2)(A) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 314. Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas’’. (B) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘314. Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas.’’.

(b) REST AND RECUPERATIVE ABSENCE IN LIEU OF PAY OR BONUS.—(1) Subsection (a) of section 705 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘an enlisted member’’ and inserting ‘‘a member’’. (2) The heading of such section, and the item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 40 of such title, are each amended by striking the sixth word. SEC. 622. REPEAL OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL MILITARY SKILLS FOR RETENTION BONUS.

Section 323(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and (2) by striking paragraph (2). SEC. 623. ELIGIBILITY OF WARRANT OFFICERS FOR ACCESSION BONUS FOR NEW OFFICERS IN CRITICAL SKILLS.

Section 324 of title 37, United States Code, is amended in subsections (a) and (f)(1) by inserting ‘‘or an appointment’’ after ‘‘commission’’. SEC. 624. SPECIAL PAY FOR SERVICE AS MEMBER OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUPPORT TEAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 305a the following new section: ‘‘§ 305b. Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team ‘‘(a) SPECIAL PAY AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of a military department may pay special pay under this subsection to members of an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary who are entitled to basic pay under section 204 and are assigned by orders to duty as members of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team if the Secretary determines that the payment of such special pay is needed to address recruitment or retention concerns in that armed force. ‘‘(b) MONTHLY RATE.—The monthly rate of special pay under subsection (a) may not exceed $150.

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