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PUBLIC LAW 90-207-DEC. 16, 1967

[81 STAT.

"(3) without dependents, who is transferred to a permanent station where he is not assigned to quarters of the United States; is entitled to a dislocation allowance equal to his basic allowance for quarters for one month as provided for a member of his pay grade 80^stat^\'iY2°' ^^^ dependency status in section 403 of this title. For the purposes of this subsection, a member whose dependents may not make an authorized move in connection with a change of permanent station is considered a member without dependents." juftmeml^^ ^" ^^- ^- (^) Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 77 Stat.'213. (1) The text of section 1401a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, the retired pay or retainer pay of a member or former member of an armed force may not be recomputed to reflect any increase in the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces. In this section, 'Index' means the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city average) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Price u/|^\ rpj^^ Secretary of Defense shall determine monthly the percent Index, determma-

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by which the Hidex lias increased over that used as the basis (base index) for the most recent adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay under this subsection. If the Secretary determines that, for three consecutive months, the amount of the increase is at least 3 percent over the base index, the retired pay and retainer pay of members and former members of the armed forces who became entitled to that pay before the first day of the third calendar month beginning after the end of those three months shall, except as provided in subsection (c), be increased, effective on that day, by the highest percent of increase in the index during those months, adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent. "(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a member or former member of an armed force becomes entitled to retired pay or retainer pay based on rates of monthly basic pay prescribed by section 203 of title ^'^ ^^^^ became effective after the last day of the month of the base index, his retired pay or retainer pay shall be increased on the effective date of the next adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay under subsection (b) only by the percent (adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) that the new base index exceeds the index for the calendar month immediately before that in which the rates of monthly basic pay on which his retired pay or retainer pay is based became effective. "(d) If a member or former member of an armed force becomes entitled to retired pay or retainer pay on or after the effective date of an adjustment 01 retired pay and retainer pay under subsection (b) but before the effective date of the next increase in the rates of monthly basic pay prescribed by section 203 of title 37, his retired pay or retainer pay shall be increased, effective on the date he becomes entitled to that pay, by the percent (adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) that the base index exceeds the index for the calendar month immediately before that in which the rates of monthly basic pay on which his retired pay or retainer pay is based became effective. "(e) Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d), the adjusted retired pay or retainer pay of a member or former member of an armed force retired on or after October 1, 1967, may not be less than it would have been had he become entitled to retired pay or retainer pay based on the same pay grade, years of service for pay, years of service for retired or retainer pay purposes, and percent of disability, if any, on the day before the effective date of the rates of monthly basic pay on which his retired pay or retainer pay is based."

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