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 PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985

99 STAT. 651

"(1) all periods which the officer spent in dental internship or residency training during which the officer was not on active duty; and "(2) all periods of active service in the Dental Corps of the Army or Navy, as an officer of the Air Force designated as a dental officer, or as a dental officer of the Public Health Service.". (b) REPEAL OF CONTINUATION PAY FOR DENTISTS.—Section 311 of

such title is repealed. (c) AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN DENTAL OFFICERS TO EXECUTE NEW AGREEMENTS.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a dental officer who on October 1, 1985, is performing obligated service under an agreement under section 311 of title 37, United States Code, that— (A) was executed after June 29, 1985; and (B) is affected by the limitation in section 8091 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in section 101(h) of Public Law 98-473), may execute a new agreement under section 302b of such title (as amended by subsection (a)). (2) A dental officer may not execute a new agreement under paragraph (1) unless the amount that may be paid such officer under an agreement under section 302b of title 37, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), is greater than the amount to be paid the officer under the existing agreement of the officer under section 311 of such title. (3) In executing a written agreement under paragraph (1), the officer shall agree to remain on active duty for an additional length of time equal to or exceeding the length of time originally required by the existing agreement, beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of special pay under the new agreement. (4) If a new agreement is executed under this subsection, the existing agreement of the officer shall be canceled. (5) For the purposes of this section, the term "dental officer" has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. (d) SAVE PAY.—(1) An officer described in paragraph (2) who, after September 30, 1985, is entitled to special pay under section 302b of title 37, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), shall be entitled to such pay in an annual amount that is not less than the total annual amount of dental continuation pay under section 311 of title 37, United States Code, and special pay for dental officers under section 302b of that title to which that officer was entitled on September 30, 1985. (2) Paragraph (1) applies to an officer who on September 30, 1985, is entitled to dental continuation pay under section 311 of title 37, United States Code; or to special pay for dental officers under section 302b of that title. (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended— (1) by striking out the item relating to section 302b and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

37 USC 311. 37 USC 302b ^°Supra. 98 Stat. 1940. Ante, p. 649.

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37 USC 302b note.

"302b. Special pay: dental officers of the armed forces."; and

(2) by striking out the item relating to section 311. (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 1985.

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