SPECIAL PAY FOR CERTAIN PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS BASED ON BOARD CERTIFICATION.

SEC. 204. SPECIAL PAY FOR CERTAIN PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS BASED ON BOARD CERTIFICATION. (a) In General.—Section 7437(e) is amended by striking out “only for the special-pay” and all that follows through the period in paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(C) and inserting in lieu thereof “for no special-pay factors other than primary, full-time, length of service, and specialty or board certification.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply as if enacted with the amendment made by section 102 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Personnel Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–40; 105 Stat. 187). (c) Availability of Funds.—Expenses incurred for periods before October 1, 1991, by reason or the amendments made by subsection (a) may be charged to fiscal year 1992 appropriations available for the same purpose.