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 PUBLIC LAW 96-284—JUNE 28, 1980

94 STAT. 593

provision of this title or in computing retired pay, severance pay, or readjustment pay. "(c) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review every two Review. years of the special pay for health professionals authorized by 37 USC sections 302, 302a, 302b, 303, and 311 of this title. A report shall be 302-302b, 303, submitted to the Congress not later than September 30, 1982, of the 311. results of the first such review, and a repoji; shall be submitted to the Report to Congress not later than September 30 of each second year thereafter Congress. on the results of the review for the preceding two-year period.". (b) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: "303a. Special pay: health professionals; general provisions.". TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

SEC. 6. Section 306(e) of title 37, United States Code, relating to exclusions from special pay for officers holding positions of unusual responsibility, is amended by striking out "302 or 303" and inserting in lieu thereof "302,302a, 302b, or 303". TRANSITION PROVISIONS

SEC. 7. Notwithstanding any provision of the amendments made by 37 USC 302 note this Act, and in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, any officer of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who at any time before the effective date of the amendments made by this Act was entitled to special pay under section 302 of title 37, United States Code, and any officer who after such effective date would have become entitled to special pay under such section (as in effect on the day before such effective date) had such section continued in effect, shall be paid basic pay and special pay under section 302 of such title (as in effect on and after the effective date of the amendments made by this Act) in a total amount not less than the total amount of the basic pay (as in effect on the day before such date) and special pay applicable (or which would have been applicable) to such officer under sections 302,311, and 313 of such title (as in effect on the day 37 USC 302, 311, before such date and computed on the rates of basic pay as in effect on 313. the day before such date).

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