FEDERAL PHYSICIANS COMPARABILITY ALLOWANCE AMENDMENTS.

SECTION 1. FEDERAL PHYSICIANS COMPARABILITY ALLOWANCE AMENDMENTS. (a) Physicians Comparability Allowances.— Section 5948(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by striking out “$7,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$14,000”; (2) in paragraph (2) by striking out “$10,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$20,000”; and (3) by adding at the end thereof (after and below paragraph (2)) the following: “For the purpose of determining length of service as a Government physician, service as a physician under section 4104 or 4114 of title 38 or active service as a medical officer in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service under Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. ch. 6A) shall be deemed service as a Government physician.” (b) Extension of Authority.— The second sentence of section 5948(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “No agreement shall be entered into under this section later than September 30, 1990, nor shall any agreement cover a period of service extending beyond September 30, 1992.”.