10 U.S.C. § 4094 — Enhanced pay authority for certain research and technology positions in science and technology reinvention laboratories

require expertise of an extremely high level in a scientific, technical, professional, or acquisition management field; and

are critical to the successful accomplishment of an important research or technology development mission.

Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval of the service acquisition executive concerned.

Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a position at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive Schedule, upon the approval of the Secretary of the military department concerned.

The authority in subsection (a) may be used only to the extent necessary to competitively recruit or retain individuals exceptionally well qualified for positions described in subsection (c).

The authority in subsection (a) may not be used with respect to more than five positions in each military department at any one time, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in concurrence with the Secretaries of the military departments concerned, authorizes the transfer of positions from one military department to another.

The authority in subsection (a) may be used only for positions having a term of less than five years.