[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 37USC302i]
TITLE 37--PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 5--SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
Sec. 302i. Special pay: pharmacy officers
(a) Army, Navy, and Air Force Pharmacy Officers.--Under regulations
prescribed pursuant to section 303a of this title, the Secretary of the
military department concerned may, subject to subsection (c), pay
retention special pay under this section to an officer who--
(1) is a pharmacy officer in the Medical Service Corps of the
Army or Navy or the Biomedical Sciences Corps of the Air Force; and
(2) is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a
period of not less than one year.
(b) Public Health Service Corps.--Subject to subsection (c), the
Secretary of Health and Human Services may pay retention special pay
under this section to an officer who--
(1) is an officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public
Health Service and is designated as a pharmacy officer; and
(2) is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a
period of not less than one year.
(c) Limitation on Eligibility for Special Pay.--Special pay may not
be paid under this section to an officer serving in a pay grade above
pay grade O-6.
(d) Limitation on Amount of Special Pay.--The amount of retention
special pay paid to an officer under this section may not exceed $15,000
for any 12-month period.
(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VI, Sec. 628(a)], Oct.
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-154; amended Pub. L. 107-314, div. A,
title VI, Sec. 615(g), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2569.)
Amendments
2002--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 107-314, Sec. 615(g)(1),
substituted ``retention special pay under this section'' for ``special
pay at the rates specified in subsection (d)''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-314, Sec. 615(g)(2), inserted ``on
Eligibility for Special Pay'' after ``Limitation'' in heading.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107-314, Sec. 615(g)(3), added subsec. (d) and
struck out heading and text of former subsec. (d). Text read as follows:
``The rate of special pay paid to an officer under subsection (a) or (b)
is as follows:
``(1) $3,000 per
