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 PUBLIC LAW 94-123—OCT. 22, 1975

89 STAT. 6 6 9

Public Law 94-123 94th Congress An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide special pay and incentive pay for certain physicians and dentists employed by the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration in order to enhance the recruitment and retention of such personnel, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist P a y Comparability Act of 1975". SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares (1) that the ceiling: on the salary of physicians employed in the Department of Medicine and Surgery due to the Federal salary limitation under the Executive Schedule rates of pay in title 5, United States Code, accompanied by the sharp escalation in the cost of living since those rates of pay were last increased in 1969, has seriously impaired the recruitment and retention of qualified physicians by the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans' Administration; and (2) that the compensation provided to physicians and dentists in the Department of Medicine and Surgery has been rendered noncompetitive by virtue of the payment of special pay of u p to $13,500 per annum, in addition to basic compensation and other benefits, to certain medical officers, and monthly special and continuation pay cumulating approximately half such amount to certain dental officers, of the uniformed services, pursuant to title 37 of the United States Code and Public Law 93-274. The Congress further finds and declares that these recruitment and retention difficulties have created an inequitable and demoralizing situation in the Department of Medicine and Surgery that threatens to erode seriously the ability of the Department to compete for the services of necessary health care professionals and thereby to continue to provide quality health care to eligible veterans. (b) Section 4i07 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by— (1) striking out the comma and "other than Chief Medical Director and Deputy Chief Medical Director," after " title " in the first sentence of subsection (a); (2) striking out in subsection (a) the following: "Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, at the annual rate provided in section 5316 of title 5 of the United States Code for positions in level V of the Executive Schedule. "Assistant Chief Medical Director, $41,734. "Medical Director, $36,103 minimum to $40,915 maximum." and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Chief Medical Director, $54,000. " Deputy Chief Medical Director, $52,000. "Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, $50,000. "Assistant Chief Medical Director, $48,654. "Medical Director, $42,066 minimum to $47,674 maximum."^* (3) amending the Physician and Dentist Schedule in section (b)(1) to read as follows:

Oct. 22, 1975 [H.R. 8240]

Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975.' 38 USC 4118 note. 38 USC 4118 note. 5 USC 5311.

37 USC 101 et seq.

37 USC 302 note.

38 USC 4107.

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