37 U.S.C. § 302a — Special pay: optometrists
submitted 55 years ago by Pub. L. 92-129 to r/title-37-PAY-AND-ALLOWANCES-OF-THE-UNIFORMED-SERVICES · 382 words · no verdicts yet
This law gives certain military and Public Health Service optometry officers $100 a month in special pay. It also lets the service pay some experienced optometrists up to $15,000 a year to stay on active duty. Officers who take that pay must agree to serve at least one more year or repay it.
(a) Regular Special Pay*. Certain commissioned officers get $100 in special pay for each month of active duty*: (1) an officer* of the Regular Army, Navy, or Air Force designated as an optometry officer, or an optometry officer in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service; (2) a Reserve-component optometry officer of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, or a Reserve Corps optometry officer of the Public Health Service, who is on active duty under a call or order lasting at least one year; and (3) a general officer of the Army or Air Force appointed from either of those groups.
(b) Retention Special Pay. (1) Under regulations issued under section 303a(a), the service secretary may pay a qualifying officer up to $15,000 for any 12-month period the officer is not in an internship or initial residency. (2) To qualify, the officer must (A) already get special pay under subsection (a), (B) have finished any initial active-duty commitment tied to their education and training, and (C) be found qualified as an optometrist by the secretary. (3) The officer must first sign a written agreement to stay on active duty for at least one year, starting when they accept the pay, before they can get any retention pay for that 12-month period. (4) The secretary may end an officer's eligibility for retention pay at any time; an officer who doesn't finish the agreed period must repay the money under section 303a(e).
Each of the following officers is entitled to special pay at the rate of $100 a month for each month of active duty*:
A commissioned officer*—
of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, or Regular Air Force who is designated as an optometry officer*; or
who is an optometry officer of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service.
A commissioned officer—
of a Reserve component* of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who is designated as an optometry officer; or
who is an optometry officer of the Reserve Corps 1 of the Public Health Service,
who is on active duty as a result of a call or order to active duty for a period of at least one year.
A general officer of the Army or the Air Force appointed, from any of the categories named in clause (1) or (2), in the Army, Air Force, or the National Guard*, as the case may be.
Under regulations prescribed under section 303a(a) of this title, the Secretary concerned* may pay an officer described in paragraph (2) a retention special pay of not more than $15,000 for any twelve-month period during which the officer is not undergoing an internship or initial residency training.
An officer referred to in paragraph (1) is an officer of a uniformed service who—
is entitled to special pay under subsection (a);
has completed any initial active-duty service commitment incurred for education and training; and
is determined by the Secretary concerned to be qualified as an optometrist.
An officer may not be paid retention special pay under paragraph (1) for any twelve-month period unless the officer first executes a written agreement under which the officer agrees to remain on active duty for a period of not less than one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of such special pay.
The Secretary concerned may terminate at any time the eligibility of an officer to receive retention special pay under paragraph (1). An officer who does not complete the period for which the payment was made under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 92–129, title II, § 202(a), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 357; amended Pub. L. 93–64, title II, § 202, July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 149; Pub. L. 95–114, § 2, Sept. 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 1046; Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 801(b), Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 96–284, § 4(a), June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 591; Pub. L. 100–26, § 8(d)(2), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 285; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title VI, § 617(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1578; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VI, § 614(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2544; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 626(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–153; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title VI, § 615(d), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2568; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, § 687(b)(5), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3328.)
- 1971Enacted · Pub. L. 92-129 · 85 Stat. 357
- 1973Amended · Pub. L. 93-64 · 87 Stat. 149
- 1977Amended · Pub. L. 95-114 · 91 Stat. 1046
- 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-485 · 92 Stat. 1619
- 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-284 · 94 Stat. 591
- 1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-26 · 101 Stat. 285
- 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-510 · 104 Stat. 1578
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2544
- 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-398 · 114 Stat. 1654, 1654
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-314 · 116 Stat. 2568
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-163 · 119 Stat. 3328
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-129 on 1971-09-28.
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