Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 4.djvu/148

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116 STAT. 2576 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 10 USC 1413a note. "(1) SINGLE SOURCE OF COMPENSATION. —An individual who is paid special compensation under this section may not receive special compensation under section 1413 of this title. "(2) ELECTION OF SOURCE.—An individual who is eligible for special compensation under this section and special compensation under section 1413 of this title shall elect which special compensation to receive. "(3) REGULATIONS. —The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations the manner and form of an election under this subsection. "(g) STATUS OF PAYMENTS.— Payments under this section are not retired pay. "(h) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS. —Payments under this section for any fiscal year shall be paid out of funds appropriated for pay and allowances payable by the Secretary concerned for that fiscal year. "(i) OTHER DEFINITIONS. —In this section: "(1) The term 'service-connected' has the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38. "(2) The term 'retired pay' includes retainer pay, emergency officers' retirement pay, and naval pension.". (2) Section 1413a of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall take effect not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1413 the following new item: Regulations. "1413a. Special compensation for certain combat-related disabled uniformed services retirees. ". (b) SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN SEVERELY DISABLED UNIFORMED SERVICES RETIREES. —Section 1413 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f) and (g) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection (e): "(e) CONSTRUCTION WITH SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR COMBAT- DISABLED UNIFORMED SERVICES RETIREES.— (1) An individual who is paid special compensation under this section may not receive special compensation under section 1413a of this title. "(2) An individual who is eligible for special compensation under this section and special compensation under section 1413a of this title shall elect which special compensation to receive. "(3) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations the manner and form of an election under this subsection.". Subtitle E—Montgomery GI Bill SEC. 641. TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL ENTITLEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE. (a) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION PERIOD.—Section 16133(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "10-year" and inserting "14-year".