Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 37 : Section 301


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 301. Incentive pay: hazardous duty

      (a) Subject to regulations prescribed by the President, a member
    of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is also
    entitled to incentive pay, in the amount set forth in subsection
    (b) or (c), for the performance of hazardous duty required by
    orders. In this subsection, the term "hazardous duty" means duty - 
        (1) involving frequent and regular participation in aerial
      flight as a crew member, as determined by the Secretary
      concerned, except for a member who is entitled to incentive pay
      under section 301a of this title;
        (2) involving frequent and regular participation in aerial
      flight, not as a crew member under paragraph (1);
        (3) involving parachute jumping as an essential part of
      military duty;
        (4) involving the demolition of explosives as a primary duty,
      including training for that duty;
        (5) inside a high- or low-pressure chamber;
        (6) as a human acceleration or deceleration experimental
      subject;
        (7) as a human test subject in thermal stress experiments;
        (8) involving frequent and regular participation in flight
      operations on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier or of a ship
      other than an aircraft carrier from which aircraft are launched;
        (9) involving frequent and regular exposure to highly toxic
      pesticides or involving laboratory work that utilizes live
      dangerous viruses or bacteria;
        (10) involving (A) the servicing of aircraft or missiles with
      highly toxic fuels or propellants, (B) the testing of aircraft or
      missile systems (or components of such systems) during which
      highly toxic fuels or propellants are used, or (C) the handling
      of chemical munitions (or components of such munitions);
        (11) involving regular participation as a member of a team
      conducting visit, board, search, and seizure operations aboard
      vessels in support of maritime interdiction operations;
        (12) involving use of ski-equipped aircraft on the ground in
      Antarctica or on the Arctic ice-pack; or
        (13) involving frequent and regular participation in aerial
      flight by a member who is serving as an air weapons controller
      crew member (as defined by the Secretary concerned) aboard an
      airborne warning and control system aircraft (as designated by
      such Secretary) and who is not entitled to incentive pay under
      section 301a of this title.

      (b) For the performance of hazardous duty described in paragraph
    (1) of subsection (a), a member is entitled to monthly incentive
    pay as follows:

    Pay Grade                                             Monthly Rate
      O-10                                                      $150  
      O-9                                                        150  
      O-8                                                        150  
      O-7                                                        150  
      O-6                                                        250  
      O-5                                                        250  
      O-4                                                        225  
      O-3                                                        175  
      O-2                                                        150  
      O-1                                                        150  
      W-5                                                        250  
      W-4                                                        250  
      W-3                                                        175  
      W-2                                                        150  
      W-1                                                        150  
      E-9                                                        240  
      E-8                                                        240  
      E-7                                                        240  
      E-6                                                        215  
      E-5                                                        190  
      E-4                                                        165  
      E-3                                                        150  
      E-2                                                        150  
      E-1                                                        150  

      (c)(1) For the performance of hazardous duty described in
    paragraphs (2) through (12) of subsection (a), a member is entitled
    to $150 a month. However, a member performing hazardous duty
    described in paragraph (3) of that subsection who also performs as
    an essential part of such duty parachute jumping in military free
    fall operations involving parachute deployment by the jumper
    without the use of a static line is entitled to $225 a month.
      (2)(A) For the performance of hazardous duty described in
    paragraph (13) of subsection (a), a member is entitled to monthly
    incentive pay based upon his years of service as an air weapons
    controller as follows:


                  Years of service as an air weapons controller            

       2 or    Over 2   Over 3   Over 4   Over 6   Over 8    Over    Over 
       less                                                   10      12  
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       $200     $200     $200     $200     $200     $200     $200    $200
        225      250      300      325      350      350      350     350
        200      250      300      325      350      350      350     350
        175      225      275      300      350      350      350     350
        150      156      188      206      350      350      350     350
        150      156      188      206      250      300      300     300
        150      156      188      206      250      250      250     250
        200      225      275      300      325      325      325     325
        175      225      275      300      325      325      325     325
        150      200      250      275      325      325      325     325
        150      150      150      175      325      325      325     325
        200      225      250      275      300      300      300     300
        200      225      250      275      300      300      300     300
        175      200      225      250      275      275      275     300
        156      175      200      225      250      250      250     300
        150      156      175      188      200      200      200     250
        150      156      175      188      200      200      200     200
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
           Over     Over     Over     Over     Over     Over     Over        
             14       16       18       20       22       24       25        
         $200     $200     $200     $200     $200     $200     $150        
          350      350      350      300      250      250      225        
          350      350      350      300      250      250      225        
          350      350      350      300      250      250      225        
          350      350      300      275      250      225      200        
          300      300      275      245      210      200      180        
          250      250      245      210      200      180      150        
          325      325      325      276      250      225      200        
          325      325      325      325      250      225      200        
          325      325      325      275      250      225      200        
          325      325      325      275      250      225      200        
          300      300      300      275      230      200      200        
          300      300      300      265      230      200      200        
          300      300      300      265      230      200      200        
          300      300      300      265      230      200      200        
          250      250      250      225      200      175      150        
          200      200      200      175      150      150      150        
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      (B) For purposes of this paragraph, the years of service of a
    member as an air weapons controller shall be computed, under
    regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, from the date
    the member begins training leading to a designation as an air
    weapons controller, but there shall be excluded from such
    computation any period of more than 90 days during which the member
    performs primary duties other than as an air weapons controller.
      (d) In time of war, the President may suspend the payment of
    incentive pay for any hazardous duty described in subsection (a).
      (e) A member is entitled to not more than two payments of
    incentive pay, authorized by this section, for a period of time
    during which he qualifies for more than one payment of that pay.
      (f)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the President and to the
    extent provided for by appropriations, when a member of a reserve
    component of a uniformed service, or of the National Guard, who is
    entitled to compensation under section 206 of this title, performs,
    under orders, any duty described in subsection (a) for members
    entitled to basic pay, he is entitled to an increase in
    compensation equal to  1/30  of the monthly incentive pay
    authorized by subsection (b) or (c), as the case may be, for the
    performance of that hazardous duty by a member of a corresponding
    grade who is entitled to basic pay. He is entitled to the increase
    for as long as he is qualified for it, for each regular period of
    instruction, or period of appropriate duty, at which he is engaged
    for at least two hours, including that performed on a Sunday or
    holiday, or for the performance of such other equivalent training,
    instruction, duty, or appropriate duties, as the Secretary may
    prescribe under section 206(a) of this title. This subsection does
    not apply to a member who is entitled to basic pay under section
    204 of this title for the entire month.
      (2)(A) If in any calendar month a member performs duty as
    described in paragraph (1) and while entitled to basic pay also
    performs hazardous duty as described in the same paragraph of
    subsection (a) as constitutes the predicate for his entitlement
    under paragraph (1), the earned units of measuring entitlement for
    incentive pay under this section shall be combined. If the sum of
    units determined under the preceding sentence equals or exceeds the
    minimum standard prescribed by the President for entitlement to pay
    specified under subsections (b) and (c) for a member of
    corresponding grade who is entitled to basic pay for the entire
    relevant month, the member shall be entitled to an increase in
    compensation equal to 1/30 of the monthly incentive pay authorized
    by subsection (b) or (c) for the performance of that hazardous duty
    by a member of corresponding grade who is entitled to basic pay for
    the entire month.
      (B) A member who qualifies for entitlement under this paragraph
    is entitled to the increase for each day in the relevant month in
    which he is entitled to basic pay pursuant to section 204 of this
    title or to compensation under section 206 of this title.
      (C) In this paragraph, the term,(!1) "units" means the
    significant increments of performance prescribed as qualifying
    standards in regulations promulgated by the President pursuant to
    this section.




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