TWO-YEAR PROGRAM OF SPECIAL UNIT ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE

SEC. 505. TWO-YEAR PROGRAM OF SPECIAL UNIT ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE (a) Special Pay.—(1) Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 308c the following new section:103 STAT. 1438 “§ 308d. Special pay: enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units “(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, an enlisted member who is assigned to a high priority unit of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force, as designated under subsection (b), and who performs inactive duty for training for compensation under section 206 of this title with such unit may be paid compensation, in addition to the compensation to which the member is otherwise entitled, in an amount not to exceed $10 for each regular period of instruction, or period of appropriate duty, at which the member is engaged for at least four hours, including any such instruction or duty performed on a Sunday or holiday. “(b) The Secretary concerned may designate a unit, for the purposes of subsection (a) and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, as a high priority unit if that unit has experienced, or reasonably might be expected to experience, critical personnel shortages. The Secretary may vacate a designation made under this subsection at any time he considers the designation no longer necessary. “(c) Additional compensation may not be paid under this section for inactive duty performed after September 30, 1991.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 308c the following new item: “308d. Special pay: enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority unite.”. (b) Report.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the administration of the special pay program provided for in section 308d of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). The report shall be submitted not later than May 1, 1991, and shall include such comments and recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate.