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PUBLIC LAW 85-422-MAY 20, 1958
[72
STAT.
"(1) be advanced to any enlisted pay grade prescribed in section 201(a) of this Act that is higher than his pay grade at the time of designation and receive the pay, allowances, and special or incentive pays of the higher pay grade in accordance with his cumulative years of service for pay purposes; or "(2) in addition to any pay, allowances, special or incentive pays to which he is entitled under this Act, be paid proficiency pay at a monthly rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed in the- following table for the proficiency rating to which he is assigned:
37 USC 232(a).
'Proficiency Rating
Maximum Monthly Rates
P-1 P-2 P-3
$50 100 150
" (b) An enlisted member who has less than eight or ten, as the case may be, of cumulative years of enlisted service for basic pay purposes and who is advanced under subsection (a)(1) to pay grade E - 8 or E - 9, respectively, is entitled to the minimum amount of basic pay, allowances, and special or incentive pays prescribed for that pay grade until such time as his cumulative years of service for pay purposes entitles him to a higher rate of such pays. Determination of "(c) The Secretary concerned shall determine whether enlisted pay. members of any uniformed service under his jurisdiction are to be paid proficiency pay either under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2). However, he may elect only one of these methods of paying proficiency pay for each uniformed service under his jurisdiction. If he elects to have proficiency pay paid under subsection (a)(1), enlisted members in a military rank assigned to pay grades E - 8 and E - 9 may be paid proficiency pay at a monthly rate not to exceed the maximum rate prescribed in subsection (a)(2). If he elects to have proficiency pay paid under subsection (a)(2), he shall prescribe, within the limitations set forth in subsection (a)(2), the amount of such I^SLJ for each proficiency rating prescribed therein. He shall also designate, from time to time, those skills within each uniformed service under his jurisdiction in which proficiency pay is authorized, and shall prescribe the criteria under which members of that uniformed service are eligible for a proficiency rating in each such skill. He may, whenever he deems it necessary, increase, decrease, or abolish proficiency pay for any such skill. Administration. «(d) This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the uniformed services under his jurisdiction, and by the Secretary of the Treasury for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy. Years of service. Pay provisions.
ii, SPECIAL
PAY
CERTAIN DESIGNATED OFFICERS
"SEC. 210. (a) The Secretary concerned may designate positions of unusual responsibility which are of a critical nature to the service concerned, and is authorized to pay special pay, in addition to any other pay prescribed by law, to any officer of an armed force who is entitled to the basic pay grade 0 - 3, 0 - 4, 0 - 5, or 0 - 6 and is performing the duties of such a position, at a monthly rate as follows: " 'Pay grade 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-6
Monthly rate $50.00 50.00 100.00 150.00'
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