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 PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985 of the Secretary under such study. Such report shall include any views provided by the Secretary of Agriculture. SKC. 1437. RKPORT ON KKTKNTION OF BASIC POINT DKFKNSK.\1ISSII.K SYSTKM (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT BY SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.—The

Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the removal of the Basic Point Defense Missile System from naval amphibious vessels. (b) REPLACEMENT OF THE BASIC POINT DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM.—

(1) The report shall consider the current plans to replace the Basic Point Defense Missile System on amphibious vessels with the Closein Weapon System (CIWS). (2) The report shall include an assessment of the effectiveness of the anti-air warfare capabilities of amphibious vessels. This assessment shall be used by the Secretary of the Navy in considering augmenting rather than replacing the Basic Point Defense Missile System on amphibious vessels with the Close-in Weapon System. (c) LIMITATIONS ON REMOVAL OF BASIC POINT DEFENSE MISSILE

SYSTEM.—The Secretary of the Navy may not remove the Basic Point Defense Missile System from amphibious vessels until the report is submitted. SKC. 1438. REPORT ON RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF PHILIPPINE SCOUTS

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall conduct a study of— (1) the disparity between the pay received by members of the Philippine Scouts who served during World War II and the pay received by other members of the United States Army during such war who had grades and lengths of service that correspond to the grades and lengths of service of such members of the Philippine Scouts; and (2) the effect of this disparity on the retirement benefits of such members of the Philippine Scouts and their survivors. (b) PARTICULAR SUBJECTS OF THE STUDY.—In carrying out such study, the Secretary shall— (1) compile a list of all persons who served as members of the Philippine Scouts during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946; (2) compile a list of persons described in paragraph (1) who are alive on the date of enactment of this Act; (3) determine the amount of basic pay each person described in paragraph (2) received for services rendered as a member of the Philippine Scouts during the period described in such paragraph and compare it with the amount of basic pay each such person would have received as a member of the Philippine Scouts during that period if the rates of basic pay during such period for the Philippine Scouts had been the same as the rates of basic pay for other members of the United States Army with corresponding grades and length of service during such period; (4) determine the amount of retired pay that each person described in paragraph (2) is entitled to receive as retired pay from the Army as a result of service rendered as a Philippine Scout and compare it with the amount such person would receive for periods beginning after the date of enactment of this Act if the rate of basic pay payable to such person during the

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