81 STAT.]
PUBLIC LAW 90-207-DEC. 16, 1967
(2) Chapter 5 is amended as folloAA's: (A) By adding the following new section: "§311. Special pay: continuation pay for physicians and dentists who extend their service on active duty " (a) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, as appropriate, an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps, an officer of the Air Force '^'ho is designated as a medical officer or dental officer, or a medical or dental officer of the Public Health Service who— "(1) is serving on active duty in a critical specialty designated by the Secretary; "(2) has completed any other definitive active duty obligation that he has under law or regulation; and "(3) executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for at least one additional year; may be paid not more than four months basic pay at the rate applicable to him when he executes that agreement for each additional year that he agrees to remain on active duty. Pay under this sectioji shall be paid in equal annual or semiannual installments, as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, as appropriate, in each additional year covered by an agreement to remain on active duty. However, in meritorious cases, the pay may be( paid in fewer installments if the Secretary determines it to be in. the best interest of the officer. "(b) An officer who does not serve on active duty for the entire period for which he was paid under this section shall refund that percentage of the payrnent that the unserved part of the period is of the total period for which the payment was made. "(c) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall submit separate written reports each year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the operation of the special pay program authorized by subsection (a) of this section and, whenever such special pay program is to be continued in operation, such report shall include the justification for continuing such program. Reports under this section shall be made on a calendar year basis, beginning with the calendar year 1968, and the reports for any calendar j'^ear shall be submitted not later than April 1 of the succeeding calendar year." (B) By inserting the following item in the analysis:
651 76 Stat. 4 6 1; 77 Stat. 216. 37 USC 3 0 1 310.
Reports to cong r e s s i o n a l committees.
"311. Special pay: continuation pay for physicians and dentists who extend their service on active duty."
(3) Section 403(f) is amended to read as follows: " (f) A member of a uniformed service without dependents who is in pay grade E - 4 (four or more years' service), or above, is entitled to a basic allowance for quarters while he is in a travel or leave status between permanent duty stations, including time granted as delay en route or proceed time, when he is not assigned to quarters of the United States." (4) Section 407(a) is amended to read as follows: " (a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a member of a uniformed service— "(1) whose dependents make an authorized move in connection with his change of permanent station; "(2) whose dependents are covered by section 405a(a) of this title; or
B a s i c allowance for q u a r t e r s. 76 Stat. 4 7 1.
Dislocation allowance.
79 Stat. 116; 80 Stat. 8 5 1.
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