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 94 STAT. 592

PUBLIC LAW 96-284—JUNE 28, 1980 eligibility for and method of computation of such special pay, except that in computing the amount of such special pay, the rates of basic pay to be applied are the rates of basic pay in effect on April 1, 1980. "(2) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a medical officer of the Public Health Service above the pay grade of 0-6 or such an officer who is below that pay grade who is undergoing initial residency training and who was on active duty on July 1, 1974, or a dental officer of the Public Health Service who— "(A) is serving on active duty in a critical specialty designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; "(B) has completed his initial active-duty obligation; and "(C) executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for at least one additional year; may be paid not more than four months' basic pay at the rate applicable to him when he executes that agreement for each additional year that he agrees to remain on active duty. "(3) Pay under this section shall be paid in equal annual or semiannual installments as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, in each additional year covered by an agreement to remain on active duty. However, in meritorious cases, the pay may be paid in fewer installments if the Secretary determines it to be in the best interest of the officer.". (2) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out "beginning with the calendar year 1968,". (3) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: "§311. Special pay: continuation pay for dentists in the armed forces and physicians and dentists in the Public Health Service". (4) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended to read as follows: "311. Special pay: continuation pay for dentists in the armed forces and physicians and dentists in the Public Health Service.".

Repeal.

(e) Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay structure relating to medical officers of the uniformed services, approved May 6, 1974 (37 U.S.C. 302 note), is repealed. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

37 USC 303a. Administrative regulations.

37 USC

302-302C, 303, 311, 313.

SEC. 5. (a) Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 303 the following new section: "§303a. Special pay: health professionals; general provisions "(a) The Secretary of Defense, with respect to the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to the Public Health Service, shall prescribe regulations for the administration of sections 302, 302a, 302b, 302c, 303, 311, and 313 of this title. "(b) Special pay authorized under sections 302, 302a, 302b, 302c, and 303 of this title is in addition to any other pay or allowance to which an officer is entitled. The amount of special pay to which an officer is entitled under any of such sections may not be included in computing the amount of any increase in pay authorized by any other

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