PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1143 the retention period, without a reduction in the payment rate below the rate the members received immediately before retention on active duty, notwithstanding any requirement otherwise applicable to that special pay or incentive pay that would reduce the payment rate by reason of the years of service of the members. "(b) SUSPENSION DURING TIME OF WAR. —Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to a special pay or incentive pay under chapter 5 of this title, whenever the authority to provide that special pay or incentive pay is suspended by the President or the Secretary of Defense during a time of war. "(c) QUALIFYING SERVICE DEFINED. —In this section, the term 'qualifying service' means service for which a particular special pay or incentive pay is payable under the authority of a provision of chapter 5 of this title.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "909. Special and incentive pay: payment at unreduced rates during suspension of personnel laws. ". (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. —Section 909 of title 37, 37 USC 909 note. United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning after September 11, 2001. SEC. 624. RETROACTIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR IMMINENT DANGER 37 USC 310 note. PAY FOR SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. (a) RETROACTIVE AUTHORIZATION.— The Secretary of Defense may provide for the payment of imminent danger pay under section 310 of title 37, United States Code, to members of the Armed Forces assigned to duty in the areas specified in subsection (b) in connection with the contingency operation known as Operation Enduring Freedom with respect to periods of duty served in those areas during the period beginning on September 19, 2001, and ending October 31, 2001. (b) SPECIFIED AREAS.—The areas referred to in subsection (a) are the following: (1) The land areas of Kyrgyzstan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan. (2) The Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea (that portion north of 10° north latitude and west of 68° east longitude). Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances SEC. 631. MINIMUM PER DIEM RATE FOR TRAVEL AND TRANSPOR- TATION ALLOWANCE FOR TRAVEL PERFORMED UPON A CHANGE OF PERMANENT STATION AND CERTAIN OTHER TRAVEL. Section 404(d) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5) Effective January 1, 2003, the per diem rates established Effective date. under paragraph (2)(A) for travel performed in connection with a change of permanent station or for travel described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall be equal to the standard per diem rates established in the Federal travel regulation for travel
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