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PUBLIC LAW 92-129-SEPT. 28, 1971

[85 STAT.

" (B) of a reserve component of the Air Force who is designated as an optometry officer; or " (C) who is an optometry officer of the Eeserve Corps of the Public Health Service; who was on active duty on the effective date of this section as a result of a call or order to active duty for a period of at least one year; or who, after that date and before July 1, 1973, is called or ordered to active duty for such a period; and "(3) a general officer of the Army or the Air Force appointed, from any of the categories named in clause (1) or (2), in the Army, the Air Force, or the National Guard, as the case may be, who was on active duty on the effective date of this section; who was retired before that date and was ordered to active duty after that date and before July 1, 1973; or who, after the effective date of this section, was appointed from any of those categories. "(b) The amount set forth in subsection (a) of this section may not be included in computing the amount of an increase in pay authorized by any other provision of this title or in computing retired pay or severance pay." (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by inserting "302a. Special pay: optometrists."

immediately below "302. Special pay: physicians and dentists."

76 Stat. 461.

70A Stat. 19.

SEC. 203. (a) Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 308 a new section as follows: "§308a. Special pay: enlistment bonus " (a) Notwithstanding section 514(a) of title 10 or any other provision of law, a person who enlists in any combat element of an armed force for a period of at least three years, or who extends his initial period of active duty in a combat element of an armed force to a total of at least three years, may, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, be paid a bonus in an amount prescribed by the Secretary, but not more than $3,000. The bonus may be paid in a lump sum or in equal periodic installments, as determined by the Secretary. "(b) Under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, a person who voluntarily, or because of his misconduct^ does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid to him under this section shall refund that percentage of the bonus that the unexpired part of his enlistment is of the total enlistment period for which the bonus was paid. "(c) No bonus shall be paid under this section with respect to any enlistment or extension of an initial period of active duty in the armed forces made after June 30, 1973." (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by inserting "308a. Special pay: enlistment bonus."

immediately below "308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus."

Quarters allowgj,^. 204. Section 403(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 8"Stat. 1122. to read as follows: " (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section or by another law, a member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a basic allowance for quarters at the following monthly rates according to the pay grade m which he is assigned or distributed for basic pay purposes:

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