PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1789 or under paragraph (1). This paragraph applies to any case com- Applicability. menced under title 11 after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 301d the following new item: "301e. Multiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces.". SEC. 618. INCREASE IN VARIABLE AND ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PAYS FOR CERTAIN DENTAL OFFICERS. (a) VARIABLE SPECIAL PAY FOR JUNIOR OFFICERS. — Paragraph (2) of section 302b(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subparagraphs: "(C) $7,000 per year, if the officer has at least six but less than eight years of creditable service. "(D) $12,000 per year, if the officer has at least eight but less than 12 years of creditable service. "(E) $10,000 per year, if the officer has at least 12 but less than 14 years of creditable service. "(F) $9,000 per year, if the officer has at least 14 but less than 18 years of creditable service. "(G) $8,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or more years of creditable service.". (b) VARIABLE SPECIAL PAY FOR SENIOR OFFICERS. — Paragraph (3) of such section is amended by striking out "$1,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$7,000". (c) ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PAY. — Paragraph (4) of such section is amended by striking out subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subparagraphs: "(B) $6,000 per year, if the officer has at least three but less than 10 years of creditable service. "(C) $15,000 per year, if the officer has 10 or more years of creditable service.". SEC. 619. AVAILABILITY OF SPECIAL PAY FOR DUTY AT DESIGNATED HARDSHIP DUTY LOCATIONS. (a) SPECIAL PAY AUTHORIZED.—Subsection (a) of section 305 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) SPECIAL PAY AUTHORIZED.— A member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay may be paid special pay under this section at a monthly rate not to exceed $300 while the member is on duty at a location in the United States or outside the United States designated by the Secretary of Defense as a hardship duty location.". (b) CROSS REFERENCES AND REGULATIONS. —Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by inserting "EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS SERVING IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.— " after "(b)"; and (B) by striking out "as foreign duty pay^' and inserting in lieu thereof "as hardship duty location pay"; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by inserting "EXCEPTION FOR MEMBERS RECEIVING CAREER SEA PAY. —" after "(c)"; and
�
