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 PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

94 STAT. 1035

chapter 87 of title 5, relating to life insurance for Federal employees.". (b)(1) Not later than January 1, 1981, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall notify each employee of the Veterans' Administration who on October 1, 1980, was a full-time physician or dentist in the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the provisions of paragraph (2) of section 4118(f) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and include in such notice an explanation of the provisions of such paragraph and of the right of such employee to make an election under paragraph (2). (2) Each employee described in paragraph (1) may elect not to have additional compensation provided such employee as special pay under section 4118 of such title included as basic pay (as provided for under paragraph (2) of section 4118(f) of such title, as added by subsection (a)) for purposes of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code. Any such election shall be in writing and shall be transmitted to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs not later than April 1, 1981.

5 USC 8701 et seq. Election of additional compensation, notification. 38 USC 4118 note.

38 USC 4118. 5 USC 8301 et seq. Transmittal to VA Administrator.

REPORTS ON ADEQUACY OF SPECIAL PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS

SEC. 104. (a) Section 4118 (as amended by sections 102 and 103) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g)(1) It is the policy of Congress to assure that the levels of total pay for Veterans' Administration physicians and dentists are fixed at levels reasonably comparable (A) with the levels of total pay of physicians and dentists employed by or serving in other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and (B) with the income of non-Federal physicians and dentists, so as to make possible the recruitment and retention of a well-qualified employee work force of physicians and dentists capable of providing quality care for eligible veterans. "(2) To assist the Congress and the President in carrying out the policy stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator shall— "(A) define the bases for pay distinctions, if any, among various categories of physicians and dentists, including between physicians and dentists employed by the Veterans Administration and physicians and dentists employed by other departments and agencies of the Federal Government and between all Federal sector and non-Federal sector physicians and dentists; "(B) obtain measures of income from the employment or practice of physicians and dentists in the non-Veterans' Administration sector, including Federal and non-Federal sectors, for use as guidelines for setting and periodically adjusting the amounts of special pay for Veterans' Administration physicians and dentists; "(C) submit a report to the President, on such date as the President may designate but not later than December 31, 1982, and once every two years thereafter, recommending appropriate amounts of special pay to carry out the policy set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to the pay of Veterans' Administration physicians and dentists; and "(D) include in such recommendations, when considered appropriate and necessary by the Administrator, modifications of the special pay levels set forth in this section (i) whenever the Veterans' Administration is unable to recruit or retain a sufficient work force of well-qualified physicians and dentists because the incomes of non-Veterans' Administration physicians and

38 USC 4118.

Report to President.

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