PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-143 Sec. 643. Incentive for shipping and storing household goods in less than average weights. Sec. 644. Equitable dislocation allowances for junior enlisted members. Sec. 645. Authority to reimburse military recruiters, Senior ROTC cadre, and military entrance processing personnel for certain parking expenses. Sec. 646. Expansion of funded student travel for dependents. SUBTITLE D—RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR BENEFIT MATTERS Sec. 651. Exception to high-36 month retired pay computation for members retired following a disciplinary reduction in grade. Sec. 652. Increase in maximum number of Reserve retirement points that may be credited in any year. Sec. 653. Retirement from active reserve service after regular retirement. Sec. 654. Same treatment for Federal judges as for other Federal officials regarding payment of military retired pay. Sec. 655. Reserve component Survivor Benefit Plan spousal consent requirement. Sec. 656. Sense of Congress on increasing Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for surviving spouses age 62 or older. Sec. 657. Revision to special compensation authority to repeal exclusion of uniformed services retirees in receipt of disability retired pay. SUBTITLE E—OTHER MATTERS Sec. 661. Participation in Thrift Savings Plan. Sec. 662. Determinations of income eligibility for special supplemental food program. Sec. 663. Billeting services for reserve members traveling for inactive-duty training. Sec. 664. Settlement of claims for payments for unused accrued leave and for retired pay. Sec. 665. Additional benefits and protections for personnel incurring injury, illness, or disease in the performance of funeral honors duty. Sec. 666. Authority for extension of deadline for filing claims associated with capture and internment of certain persons by North Vietnam. Sec. 667. Back pay for members of the Navy and Marine Corps selected for promotion while interned as prisoners of war during World War II. Sec. 668. Sense of Congress concerning funding for reserve components. Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances SEC. 601. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001. (a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT. —The adjustment to become effective during fiscal year 2001 required by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of the uniformed services shall not be made. (b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.— Effective on January 1, 2001, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services are increased by 3.7 percent. SEC. 602. ADDITIONAL RESTRUCTURING OF BASIC PAY RATES FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS. (a) MINIMUM PAY INCREASES FOR MID-LEVEL ENLISTED GRADES. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), effective on July 1, 2001, the rates of monthly basic pay for enlisted members of the Armed Forces in the pay grades E-7, E-6, and E-5 shall be as follows:
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