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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3325

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1609 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

10 USC prec. 16301.

‘‘16303. Loan repayment program: chaplains serving in the Selected Reserve.’’. SEC. 685. INCLUSION OF SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AMONG SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) BASIC PAY RATE.— (1) EQUAL TREATMENT.—The rate of basic pay for an enlisted member in the grade E–9 while serving as Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be the same as the rate of basic pay for an enlisted member in that grade while serving as Sergeant Major of the Army, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, or Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, regardless of cumulative years of service computed under section 205 of title 37, United States Code. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall apply beginning on the date on which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces is first appointed to serve as Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (b) PAY DURING TERMINAL LEAVE OR WHILE HOSPITALIZED.— Section 210(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(6) The Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.’’. (c) PERSONAL MONEY ALLOWANCE.—Section 414(c) of such title is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,’’; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, or the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’’. (d) RETIRED PAY BASE.—Section 1406(i)(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: ‘‘(vi) Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.’’.

37 USC 205 note.

SEC. 686. SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS CONSIDERED FOR SAVED PAY UPON APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AS OFFICERS.

(a) INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PAY TYPES.—Subsection (d) of section 907 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(d)(1) In determining the amount of the pay and allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer, the following special and incentive pays may be considered only so long as the officer continues to perform the duty that creates the entitlement to, or eligibility for, that pay and would otherwise be eligible to receive that pay in the former grade: ‘‘(A) Incentive pay for hazardous duty under section 301 of this title. ‘‘(B) Submarine duty incentive pay under section 301c of this title.

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