HARDSHIP DUTY PAY.

SEC. 617. HARDSHIP DUTY PAY. (a) Duty for Which Pay Authorized.— Section 305 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “on duty at a location” and all that follows through the period at the end of the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof “performing duty in the United States or outside the United States that is designated by the Secretary of Defense as hardship duty.”; (2) by striking out subsections (b) and (c); (3) in subsection (d), by striking out “hardship duty location pay” and inserting in lieu thereof “hardship duty pay”; and (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b). (b) Conforming Amendment.— Section 907(d) of such title is amended by striking out “duty at a hardship duty location” and inserting in lieu thereof “hardship duty”. (c) Clerical Amendments.— (1) The heading for section 305 of such title is amended to read as follows: “§ 305. Special pay: hardship duty pay.”. (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended to read as follows: “305. Special pay: hardship duty pay.”. 112 STAT. 2042