Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 37 : Section 307


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 307. Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members

      (a) An enlisted member who is entitled to basic pay and is
    performing duties which have been designated under subsection (b)
    as extremely difficult or as involving an unusual degree of
    responsibility in a military skill may, in addition to other pay or
    allowances to which he is entitled, be paid special duty assignment
    pay at a monthly rate not to exceed $600.
      (b) The Secretary concerned shall determine which enlisted
    members under his jurisdiction are to be paid special duty
    assignment pay under subsection (a). He shall also designate those
    skills within each armed force under his jurisdiction for which
    special duty assignment pay is authorized and shall prescribe the
    criteria under which members of that armed force are eligible for
    special duty assignment pay in each skill. He may increase,
    decrease, or abolish such pay for any skill.
      (c) This section shall be administered under regulations
    prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under
    his jurisdiction and by the Secretary of Homeland Security for the
    Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in
    the Navy.
      (d)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned
    and to the extent provided for by appropriations, when an enlisted
    member of the National Guard or a reserve component of a uniformed
    service who is entitled to compensation under section 206 of this
    title performs duty for which a member described in subsection (a)
    is entitled to special pay under such subsection, the member of the
    National Guard or reserve component is entitled to an increase in
    compensation equal to  1/30  of the monthly special duty assignment
    pay prescribed by the Secretary concerned for the performance of
    that same duty by members described in subsection (a).
      (2) A member of the National Guard or a reserve component
    entitled to an increase in compensation under paragraph (1) is
    entitled to the increase - 
        (A) for each regular period of instruction, or period of
      appropriate duty, at which the member is engaged for at least two
      hours, including that performed on a Sunday or holiday; or
        (B) 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.

      (3) This subsection does not apply to a member of the National
    Guard or a reserve component who is entitled to basic pay under
    section 204 of this title.



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