PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1635 SEC. 1102. ACCOUNTING FOR COSTS OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD The Secretary of Defense shall maintain separate financial and cost records for Operation Desert Shield. Those records shall include records showing the amount and use of any contributions made by other nations. PART B—MILITARY PERSONNEL MATTERS SEC. nil. MILITARY PAY AND ALLOWANCES (a) IMMINENT DANGER PAY. —The Secretary of Defense may provide for the payment of imminent danger pay under section 310 of title 37, United States Code, to members of the Armed Forces assigned to duty in the Persian Gulf area in connection with Operation Desert Shield with respect to periods of duty served after August 1, 1990, and before the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE.—(1) In the case of Reserve members called or ordered to active duty (other than for training) and retired members called to active duty under section 688 of title 10, United States Code, in connection with Operation Desert Shield, the variable housing allowance under section 403a of title 37, United States Code, shall be paid to such members for fiscal year 1990 and during fiscal year 1991 without regard to the limitation in subsection 03)(3) of that section. (2) The limitation in subsection (d) of that section on the total amount of variable housing allowance that may be paid for a fiscal year shall not apply for fiscal year 1991. (c) SPECIAL PAY FOR RESERVE MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICERS. —(1) A reserve medical or dental officer described in paragraph (2) shall be eligible during fiscal years 1990 and 1991 for special pay under section 302 or 302b of title 37, United States Code (whichever applies), in the same manner as a regular medical or dental officer, notwithstanding the requirements in those sections that the call or order to active duty be for a period of not less than one year or that the officer execute a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year. (2) A reserve medical or dental officer referred to in paragraph (1) is a reserve officer in an active status who— (A) is an officer of the Medical or Dental Corps of the Army or the Navy or an officer of the Air Force designated as a medical or dental officer; and (B) is on active duty (other than for training) under a call or order to active duty for a period of less than one year in connection with Operation Desert Shield. (3) Payment of special pay under section 302 or 302b of title 37, United States Code, pursuant to this subsection may be made on a monthly basis. If the service on active duty of a reserve medical or dental officer referred to in paragraph (1) is terminated before the end of the period for which a payment is made under those sections to the officer, the officer is entitled to special pay under those sections only for the portion of that period that the officer actually served on active duty. The officer shall refund any amount received in excess of the amount that corresponds to the period of active duty of the officer. (4) While a reserve medical officer referred to in paragraph (1) receives special pay under section 302 of title 37, United States Code,
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