PAY OF SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS WHILE ON TERMINAL LEAVE.

SEC. 606. PAY OF SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS WHILE ON TERMINAL LEAVE. (a) Basic Pay During Terminal Leave.—Chapter 3 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 105 STAT. 1375 “§ 210. Pay of the senior noncommissioned officer of an armed force during terminal leave “(a) A noncommissioned officer of an armed force who, immediately following the completion of service as the senior enlisted member of that armed force, is placed on terminal leave pending retirement shall be entitled, for not more than 60 days while in such status, to the rate of basic pay authorized for the senior enlisted member of that armed force. “(b) In this section, the term ‘senior enlisted member’ means the following: “(1) The Sergeant Major of the Army. “(2) The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. “(3) The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. “(4) The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. “(5) The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “210. Pay of the senior noncommissioned officer of an armed force during terminal leave.”.