Pub. L. 92-410, tit. I, sec. 401

“Sec. 401. (a) (1) In recognition of long and faithful service, each officer and member in the active service on or after the effective date of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act Amendments of 1972 shall receive per annum, in addition to the rate of basic compensation prescribed in the salary schedule contained in section 101 of this Act, an amount computed in accordance with the following table: “If an officer or member has completed at least: He shall receive per annum an amount, fixed to the nearest dollar, equal to: 15 years of continuous service 5 per centum of the rate of basic compensation prescribed for service step 1 of the salary class of such salary schedule which he occupies. 20 years of continuous service 10 per centum of such compensation. 25 years of continuous service 15 per centum of such compensation. 30 years of continuous service 20 per centum of such compensation. 86 Stat. 639 “(2) For purposes of paragraph (1).continuous service as an officer or member includes any period of his service in the Armed Forces of the United States other than any period of such service (A) determined not to have been satisfactory service, (B) rendered before appointment as an officer or member, or (C) rendered after resignation as an officer or member. “(3) Each officer and member shall receive additional compensation in accordance with paragraph (1) only as long as he remains in the active service. Such compensation shall be paid in the same manner as the basic compensation to which such officer or member is entitled, except that it shall not be subject to deduction and withholding for retirement and insurance, and shall not be considered as salary for the purpose of computing annuities pursuant to the Policeman and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act and for the purpose of computing insurance coverage under the provisions of chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code. “(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of tins or any other law, individuals retired from active service prior to the effective date of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act Amendments of 1972, and who are entitled to receive a pension relief allowance or retirement compensation under the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act. shall not be entitled to receive an increase in their pension relief allowance or retirement compensation by reason of the enactment of this section. “(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of tins or any other law. each deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police force and of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall, upon completion of thirty years of continuous service on the police force or fire department, as the case may be, be placed in, and receive basic compensation at, the highest service step in the salary class to which his position is assigned in the salary schedule contained in section 101. For purposes of this subsection, in computing a deputy chief’s continuous service on the police force or fire department, there shall be included any period of his service in the Armed Forces of the United States other than any period of such service— “(1) determined not to have been satisfactory service, “(2) rendered before appointment as an officer or member, or “(3) rendered after resignation as an officer or member.”