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37 U.S.C. 302: Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces
Created in 1962 by Public Law 87-649. Changed by 18 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.
3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 37 U.S.C. 301d, 37 U.S.C. 302b, 37 U.S.C. 303a.
- past change
- enacted this Congress
- proposed
This Congress
- H.R. 3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · passed house · would change (a)
How it got here
2008
- Pub. L. 110–181 substituted "$75,000" for "$50,000". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) Law text · (b)
2006
- Pub. L. 109–163, §687(b)(4)(A), added second sentence and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: "If such entitlement is terminated, the officer concerned is entitled to be paid such special pay only for the part of the period of active duty that he served, and he … (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 109–163, §687(b)(4)(B), added subsec. (f) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (f). Text read as follows: "An officer who voluntarily terminates service on active duty before the end of the period for which a payment was made to such officer under subsection (a)(4)… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006) Law text · (f)
2002
- Pub. L. 107–314 inserted second sentence and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: "No payment to an officer under this subsection may exceed $16,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal year 1990, $22,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal… (Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (b)
2000
- Pub. L. 106–398 inserted before period at end ", including active duty in the form of annual training, active duty for training, and active duty for special work". (Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001) Law text · (h)
1990
- Pub. L. 101–510 substituted "$7,000" for "$1,000". · (a)
1989
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(1), inserted heading. · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this subsection" after "paragraph (1)" in introductory provisions. · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(a), in subpar. (C), substituted "$12,000" for "$10,000", in subpar. (D), substituted "$11,500" for "$9,500", in subpar. (E), substituted "$11,000" for "$9,000", in subpar. (F), substituted "$10,000" for "$8,000", in subpar. (G), substituted "$9,000" f… · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this subsection" after "paragraph (1)". · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this section" after "subsection (c)" and "of this subsection" after "paragraph (2) or (3)". · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(b), struck out subpar. (A) designation, substituted "is entitled to additional special pay of $15,000" for "who has less than ten years of creditable service is entitled to additional special pay of $9,000", and struck out subpar. (B) which read as follows: "Subject to subsect… · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this subsection" after "paragraph (2) or (3)". · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(c), in subpar. (A), substituted "$2,500" for "$2,000", in subpar. (B), substituted "$3,500" for "$2,500", in subpar. (C), substituted "$4,000" for "$3,000", in subpar. (D), substituted "$5,000" for "$4,000", and in subpar. (E), substituted "$6,000" for "$5,000". · (a)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(2), inserted heading. · (b)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this section" after "subsection (c)" and "subsection (a)(2)" and struck out "of this subsection" after "paragraph (2)". · (b)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(d), substituted "$16,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal year 1990, $22,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal year 1991, $29,000 for any twelve-month period beginning in fiscal year 1992, and $36,000 for any twelve-month period beginning after fis… · (b)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this subsection" after "paragraph (1)". · (b)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this section" after "subsection (a)(4)" and "subsection (b)" in par. (1) and after "or (b)(1)" in par. (2). · (c)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(3), inserted heading. · (c)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this section" after "and (b)(1)" in par. (1) and after "subsection (a)(5)" in par. (2). · (d)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(4), inserted heading. · (d)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this section" after "subsection (a)" and "or (b)(1)". · (e)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(5), inserted heading. · (e)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this section" after "or (b)(1)". · (f)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(6), inserted heading. · (f)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(7), inserted heading. · (g)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(e), amended subsec. (h) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (h) read as follows: · (h)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(9), struck out "of this section" after "or (f)". · (i)
- Pub. L. 101–189, §702(f)(8), inserted heading. · (i)
1987
- Pub. L. 100–180, §716(a)(1), (2), struck out "in an amount not to exceed $8,000" after "incentive special pay" and inserted at end "No payment to an officer under this subsection may exceed $8,000 for any twelve-month period unless the Secretary concerned determines that the officer… · (b)
- Pub. L. 100–180, §716(a)(3), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: "The amount that may be paid for incentive special pay under this subsection in any fiscal year may not exceed an amount equal to 6 percent of the total amount paid in such year for special pay under subsection … · (b)
1986
- Pub. L. 99–661, §1342(d), amended subpar. (B) generally, substituting "period of less than one year" for "period of not less than one year". · (h)
- Pub. L. 99–661, §1343(b)(1), substituted "subsection (c)(2) or (f) of this section" for "paragraph (1) of this subsection". · (i)
1985
- Pub. L. 99–145, §640(1), substituted "who is" for "is not". · (h)
- Pub. L. 99–145, §640(2), added subsec. (i). · (i)
1980
- Pub. L. 96–284, in revising text, added subsecs. (a) to (g) provisions covering special pay for medical officers of the armed forces, and struck out former provision for special pay of physicians in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Public Health Service, amounting to $100 or $350 a month for each mon…
- Pub. L. 96–513 added subsec. (h). · (h)
1974
- Pub. L. 93–274 reduced for uniformed services physicians the present four steps of special pay, which require the completion of ten years of active duty before attaining eligibility for the $350 per month maximum down to two steps, with the maximum being reached upon completion of two years of acti…
1973
- Pub. L. 93–64 substituted "July 1, 1975" for "July 1, 1973" wherever appearing. · (a)
1971
- Pub. L. 92–129 substituted "July 1, 1973" for "July 1, 1971" wherever appearing. · (a)
1967
- Pub. L. 90–40 substituted "July 1, 1971" for "July 1, 1967" wherever appearing. · (a)
1966
- Pub. L. 89–718 substituted "or" for "and" at end of par. (3). · (b)
1963
- Pub. L. 88–2 substituted "July 1, 1967" for "July 1, 1963" wherever appearing. · (a)
- Pub. L. 88–132 increased monthly special pay of officers completing at least six years of active duty from $200 to $250 in par. (3), and officers completing at least 10 years of active duty from $250 to $350 in par. (4). · (b), (4)
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