INCREASED RETIRED PAY FOR ENLISTED RESERVES CREDITED WITH EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM.

SEC. 632. INCREASED RETIRED PAY FOR ENLISTED RESERVES CREDITED WITH EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM. (a) Authority.—Section 12739 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): “(b) If a person entitled to retired pay under this chapter has been credited by the Secretary concerned with extraordinary heroism in the line of duty and if the highest grade held satisfactorily by that person at any time in the armed forces is an enlisted grade, the person’s retired pay shall be increased by 10 percent of the amount determined under subsection (a). The Secretary’s determination as to extraordinary heroism is conclusive for all purposes.”. (b) Conforming Amendment.—Subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking “amount computed under subsection (a)” and inserting “total amount of the monthly retired pay computed under subsections (a) and (b)”. (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 2002, and shall apply with respect to retired pay for months beginning on or after that date.