REVISION OF MILITARY PHYSICIAN SPECIAL PAY STRUCTURE

SEC. 702. REVISION OF MILITARY PHYSICIAN SPECIAL PAY STRUCTURE (a) Variable Special Pay.—Subsection (a)(2) of section 302 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “$10,000” in subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof “$12,000”; (2) by striking out “$9,500” in subparagraph (D) and inserting in lieu thereof “$11,500”; (3) by striking out “$9,000” in subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof “$11,000”; (4) by striking out “$8,000” in subparagraph (F) and inserting in lieu thereof “$10,000”; (5) by striking out “$7,000” in subparagraph (G) and inserting in lieu thereof “$9,000”; (6) by striking out “$6,000” in subparagraph (H) and inserting in lieu thereof “$8,000”; and (7) by striking out “$5,000” in subparagraph 00 and inserting in lieu thereof “$7,000”. (b) Additional Special Pay.—Subsection (a)(4) of such section is amended— (1) by striking out “(A)”; (2) by striking out “who has less than ten years of creditable service”; (3) by striking out “$9,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$15,000”; and (4) by striking out subparagraph (B). (c) Board Certification Pay.—Subsection (a)(5) of such section is amended— (1) by striking out “$2,000” in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof “$2,500”; (2) by striking out “$2,500” in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof “$3,500”; (3) by striking out “$3,000” in subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof “$4,000”; (4) by striking out “$4,000” in subparagraph (D) and inserting in lieu thereof “$5,000”; and (5) by striking out “$5,000” in subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof “$6,000”. (d) Incentive Special Pay.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amended by striking out “$8,000 for any twelve-month period” and all that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof “$16,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal year 1990, $22,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal year 1991, $29,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal year 1992, and $36,000 for any twelve-month period beginning after fiscal year 1992.”. (e) Reserve Medical Officers Special Pay.—Subsection (h) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(h) Reserve Medical Officers Special Pay.—(1) A reserve medical officer described in paragraph (2) is entitled to special pay at the rate of $450 a month for each month of active duty. “(2) A reserve medical officer referred to in paragraph (1) is a reserve officer who— 103 STAT. 1469 “(A) is an officer of the Medical Corps of the Army or the Navy or an officer of the Air Force designated as a medical officer, and “(B) is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period of less than one year.”. (f) Stylistic Amendments.— Such section is further amended— (1) by inserting “Variable, Additional, and Board Certification Special Pay.—” in subsection (a) after “(a)”; (2) by inserting “Incentive Special Pay.—” in subsection (b) after “(b)”; (3) by inserting “Active-Duty Agreement.—” in subsection (c) after “(c)”; (4) by inserting “Regulations.—” in subsection (d) after “(d)”; (5) by inserting “Frequency of Payments.—” in subsection (e) after “(e)”; (6) by inserting “Refund for Period of Unserved Obligated Service.—” in subsection (f) after “(f)”; (7) by inserting “Determination of Creditable Service.—” in subsection (g) after “(g)”; (8) by inserting “Effect of Discharge in Bankruptcy.—” in subsection (i) after “(i)”; and (9) by striking out “of this section” and “of this subsection” each place they appear (other than in subsection (g)). (g) Effective Date.—(1) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (c) shall take effect on January 1, 1990. (2) The amendments made by subsections (b) and (d) shall apply to an agreement entered into under section 302(c)(1) of title 37, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) The amendment made by subsection (e) shall take effect on January 1, 1990, and shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after such date.