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PUBLIC LAW 87-649-SEPT. 7, 1962

§307. Special pay: proficiency pay for enlisted members (a) An enlisted member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay and is designated as being specially proficient in a military skill of the uniformed service concerned may— (1) be advanced to an enlisted pay grade that is higher than his pay grade at the time of his.designation and be entitled to the basic pay and special or incentive pay of that higher grade; or (2) in addition to other pay or allowances to which he is entitled under this title, be paid proficiency pay at a monthly rate that is not more than the rate prescribed in the following table for the proficiency rating to which he is assigned: Proficiency rating P-1 P-2

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Maximum monthly rate $50 100 160

(b) An enlisted member who has less than 8 or 10 years, as the case may be, of enlisted service computed under section 205 of this title and who is advanced under subsection (a)(1) of this section to pay grade E-8 or E-9, respectively, is entitled to the minimum amount of basic pay and special or incentive pay prescribed for that pay grade until his years of service computed under that section entitle him to a higher rate of those pays. (c) The Secretary concerned shall determine whether enlisted members of a uniformed service under his jurisdiction are to be paid proficiency pay either under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section. However, he may elect only one of these methods for each uniformed service under his jurisdiction. If he elects to have proficiency pay paid under subsection (a)(1) of this section, enlisted members in a military grade or rank assigned to pay grade E-8 or E-9 may be paid proficiency pay at a monthly rate that is not more than the highest rate prescribed by subsection (a)(2) of this section. If he elects to have proficiency pay paid under subsection (a)(2) of this section, he shall prescribe, within the limitations set forth in that subsection, the pay for each proficiency rating prescribed therein. He shall also designate, from time to time, those skills within each uniformed service under his jurisdiction for which proficiency pay is authorized, and shall prescribe the criteria under which members of that uniformed service are eligible for a proficiency rating in each skill. He may, when he considers it necessary, increase, decrease, or abolish proficiency pay for any skill. (d) This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the uniformea services under his jurisdiction, and by the Secretary of the Treasury for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy. §308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a member of a uniformed service who reenlists in a regular component of the service concerned within three months after the date of his discharge or release from compulsory or voluntary active duty (other than for training), or who voluntarily extends his enlistment for at least two years, and

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