DEFINITION OF SEA DUTY FOR PURPOSES OF CAREER SEA PAY.

SEC. 620. DEFINITION OF SEA DUTY FOR PURPOSES OF CAREER SEA PAY. Section 305a(d) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking out “, ship-based staff, or ship-based aviation unit”; (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking out “or ship-based staff”; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: “(2) The Secretary concerned may designate duty performed by a member while serving on a ship the primary mission of which is accomplished either while under way or in port as ‘sea duty” for purposes of this section, even though the duty is performed while the member is permanently or temporarily assigned to a ship-based staff or other unit not covered by paragraph (1).”.