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 97 STAT. 636 PUBLIC LAW 98-94—SEPT. 24, 1983 "(B) that requires the officer to remain on active duty in aviation service for either three or four years; may be accepted under this section. An officer from whom an agreement is accepted during such period may be paid an amount not to exceed $4,000 for each year covered by that agreement if that officer agrees to remain on active duty for three years or an amount not to exceed $6,000 for each year covered by that agreement if that officer agrees to remain on active duty for four years. An agreement that requires an officer to remain on active duty in aviation service for six years may also be accepted during such period if the officer meets the requirements of clause (A) of this paragraph and the officer has completed less than seven years of active duty. An officer from whom such an agreement is accepted may be paid an amount not to exceed $6,000 for each year covered by the agreement. "(4) An officer may not receive incentive pay under section 301 of 37 USC 301. this title for the performance of hazardous duty for any period of service which the officer is obligated to serve pursuant to an agree- ment entered into under this section.". 37 USC 301b. (2) Section 301b(f) of such title is amended by striking out "Sep- tember 30, 1982" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1984*'. 37 USC 301b (b)(1) It is the sense of the Congress that eligibility for special pay "°*®- for aviation career officers under section 301b of title 37, United States Code, should be made available only to officers who will likely be induced to remain on active duty in aviation service by receipt of the special pay. Written report (2) The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Congress not to Congress. j^^gj. H^QJ^ July 1, 1984, a written report, approved by the Secretary of Defense, on the payment of special pay for aviation career officers under section 301b of title 37, United States Code, since the date of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include— (A) a list of the specific aviation specialties by aircraft type determined to be critical for purposes of the payment of special pay under such section since the date of the enactment of this Act; (B) the number of officers within each critical aviation spe- cialty who received the special pay under such section since the date of the enactment of this Act by grade, years of prior active service, and amounts of special pay received under such section; (C) an explanation and justification for the Secretary's desig- nation of an aviation specialty as "critical" and for the payment of special pay under section 301b of such title to officers who have more than eight years of prior active service and who are serving in pay grade 0-4 or above, if payment of such pay was made to such officers; and (D) an evaluation of the progress made since the date of the enactment of this Act toward eliminating shortages of aviators in the aviation specialties designated by the Secretary as critical. HOSTILE FIRE PAY FOR MEMBERS SERVING IN AREAS THREATENING IMMINENT DANGER SEC. 905. (a) Section 310(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (2); (2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (3) and inserting in lieu thereof "; or"; and

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