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 94 STAT. 1030

PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

Public Law 96-330 96th Congress An Act Aug. 26, 1980 [H.R. 7102]

To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote the recruitment and retention of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health-care personnel in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Veterans' United States of America in Congress assembled. That (a) this Act Administration may be cited as the "Veterans' Administration Health-Care AmendHealth-Care ments of 1980". Amendments of (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 1980. 38 USC 101 note. amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 38, United States Code. TITLE I—HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL AMENDMENTS PART A—PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS SPECIAL PAY PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS COMPARABILITY PAY 38 USC 4104 note.

SEC. 101. Section 6 of the Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-123; 38 U.S.C. 4118 note) is amended by striking out "(1)" the first and third places it appears and by striking out paragraph (2) of subsection (a). REVISION OF SPECIAL PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS

38 USC 4118.

SEC. 102, (a)(1) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 4118 is amended— (A) by striking out "hereunder" and inserting in lieu thereof "to carry out this section"; (B) by inserting "that (except as provided under subsection (d) of this section) is" after "in an amount"; (C) by striking out "$13,500 per annum" and "$6,750 per annum and inserting in lieu thereof "$22,500 per annum" and "$10,000 per annum", respectively; (D) by inserting after "Department of Medicine and Surgery" the second place it appears the following: "on a full-time basis (or in the case of a physician employed on a part-time basis, a proportional amount of the maximum amount that would be paid under this section to such physician if such physician were employed on a full-time basis, calculated on the basis of the proportion which the part-time employment of such physician in the Department of Medicine and Surgery bears to full-time employment)"; and (E) by inserting after "so employed" the following: "on a fulltime basis (or in the case of a dentist employed on a part-time basis, a proportional amount of the maximum amount that

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