Pub. L. 92-129, tit. II, sec. 202

Sec. 202. (a) Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 302 a new section as follows: “§302a. Special pay: optometrists “(a) In addition to any other basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, or allowances to which he is entitled, each of the following officers is entitled to special pay at the rate of $100 a month for each month of active duty: “(1) a commissioned officer— “(A) of the Regular Army or the Regular Navy who is designated as an optometry officer; “(B) of the Regular Air Force who is designated as an optometry officer; or “(C) who is an optometry officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service; who was on active duty on the effective date of this section; who retired before that date and was ordered to active duty after that date and before July 1, 1973; or who was designated as such an officer after the effective date of this section and before July 1, 1973; “(2) a commissioned officer— “(A) of a reserve component of the Army or Navy who is designated as an optometry officer; 85 Stat. 358 “(B) of a reserve component of the Air Force who is designated as an optometry officer; or “(C) who is an optometry officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service; who was on active duty on the effective date of this section as a result of a call or order to active duty for a period of at least one year; or who, after that date and before July 1, 1973, is called or ordered to active duty for such a period; and “(3) a general officer of the Army or the Air Force appointed, from any of the categories named in clause (1) or (2), in the Army, the Air Force, or the National Guard, as the case may be, who was on active duty on the effective date of this section; who was retired before that date and was ordered to active duty after that date and before July 1, 1973; or who, after the effective date of this section, was appointed from any of those categories. “(b) The amount set forth in subsection (a) of this section may not be included in computing the amount of an increase in pay authorized by any other provision of this title or in computing retired pay or severance pay.” (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by inserting “302a. Special pay: optometrists.” immediately below “302. Special pay: physicians and dentists.”