5 U.S.C. § 5949 — Hostile fire pay
submitted 25 years ago by Pub. L. 107-107 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 214 words · no verdicts yet
This section authorizes $150 per month in hostile-fire pay for specified hostile-fire exposure, danger, death, injury, or wounds. It provides a limited hospitalization extension and excludes overlapping payments under sections 5925 and 5928.
(a) An Executive-agency head may pay an employee $150 hostile-fire pay for any month in which the employee: (1) was exposed to hostile fire or exploding hostile mines; (2) served in an area where the employee faced imminent danger of such exposure and other employees were exposed during the employee’s duty there; or (3) was killed, injured, or wounded by hostile fire, a hostile mine explosion, or another hostile act. (b) An employee covered by paragraph (a)(3) who is hospitalized for the injury or wound may receive this pay for up to three additional months while hospitalized. (c) This pay may be added to other pay and allowances, but not for a period when the employee receives payment under section 5925 because of political-violence exposure or under section 5928.
The head of an Executive agency may pay an employee hostile fire pay at the rate of $150 for any month in which the employee was—
subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines;
on duty in an area in which the employee was in imminent danger of being exposed to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines and in which, during the period on duty in that area, other employees were subject to hostile fire or explosion of hostile mines; or
killed, injured, or wounded by hostile fire, explosion of a hostile mine, or any other hostile action.
An employee covered by subsection (a)(3) who is hospitalized for the treatment of his or her injury or wound may be paid hostile fire pay under this section for not more than three additional months during which the employee is so hospitalized.
An employee may be paid hostile fire pay under this section in addition to other pay and allowances to which entitled, except that an employee may not be paid hostile fire pay under this section for periods of time during which the employee receives payment under section 5925 of this title because of exposure to political violence or payment under section 5928 of this title.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XI, § 1111(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1238.)
- 2001Enacted · Pub. L. 107-107 · 115 Stat. 1238
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-107 on 2001-12-28.
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