EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY FOR NURSE ANESTHETISTS TO OTHER NURSING SPECIALTIES

SEC. 614. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY FOR NURSE ANESTHETISTS TO OTHER NURSING SPECIALTIES (a) Special Pay Authorized.— Subsection (b) of section 302e of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; (2) by inserting “(1)” before “An officer”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) The Secretary of Defense may extend the special pay authorized under subsection (a) to officers of the armed forces who serve in a nursing specialty (other than as nurse anesthetists) that— “(A) is designated by the Secretary as critical to meet requirements (whether such specialty is designated as critical to meet wartime or peacetime requirements); and “(B) requires postbaccalaureate education and training.”. 104 STAT. 1578 (b) Conforming Amendment.— Subsection (a)(1) of such section is amended by striking out “subsection (b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (b)(1)”. (c) Implementation of Amendment.— The Secretary of Defense may not implement subsection (b)(2) of section 302e of title 37, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), unless the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report— (1) justifying the need of the departments for the authority provided in such subsection; and (2) describing the manner in which that authority will be implemented.