OTHER COMPENSATION BENEFITS.

SEC. 103. OTHER COMPENSATION BENEFITS. (a) In General.— Subchapter I of chapter 74 (as added by section 401(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following sections: “§ 7410. Additional pay authorities “The Secretary may authorize the Chief Medical Director to pay advance payments, recruitment or relocation bonuses, and retention allowances to the personnel described in paragraph (1) of section 7401 of this title, or interview expenses to candidates for appointment as such personnel, in the same manner, and subject to the same limitations, as in the case of the authority provided under sections 5524a, 5706b, 5753, and 5754 of title 5. 105 STAT. 199 “§ 7411. Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses “The Secretary shall reimburse any full-time board-certified physician or dentist appointed under section 7401(1) of this title for expenses incurred, up to 81,000 per year, for continuing professional education.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 (as amended by section 401(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7409 the following: “7410. Additional pay authorities. “7411. Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses.”. (b) Effective Date.— Section 7411 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to expenses incurred for continuing professional education that is pursued after September 30, 1991.