94 STAT. 1110 Ante, p. 1100. 10 USC 1405.
Commissioned officers, retired pay computation. Ante, p. 1077.
Commissioned officers, retired pay computation.
PUBLIC LAW 96-342—SEPT. 8, 1980
rate of 2y2 percent of the monthly retired pay base (computed under section 1407(f) of title 10) multiplied by the number of years of service that may be credited to him under section 1405 of title 10, but the retired pay so computed may not be more than 75 percent of such monthly retired pay base.". (g) Section 16 of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers' Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 853o) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 16. (a) Each commissioned officer on the retired list shall receive retired pay— "(1) in the case of an officer who first became a member of a uniformed service (as defined in section 1407(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code) before the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, at the rate of 2y2 percent of the basic pay of the rank with which retired; or "(2) in the case of an officer who first became a member of a uniformed service (as defined in section 1407(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code) on or after the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, at the rate of 2y2 percent of the monthly retired pay base computed under section 1407(g) of title 10, United States Code; multiplied by the number of years of service that may be credited to him under section 1405 of title 10, United States Code, as if his service were service as a member of the Armed Forces, but the retired pay so computed may not exceed 75 percent of the basic pay of the rank with which retired or 75 percent of the monthly retired pay base, as the case may be. "(b) A fractional part of a year of six months or more shall be considered a full year in computing the number of years of service for the purposes of subsection (a).". (h)(1) Paragraph (3) of section 210(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 211(g)(3)) is amended by striking out "law)" and all that follows in such paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof "law)— "(A) in the case of an officer who first became a member of a uniformed service before the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, at the rate of 2y2 per centum of basic pay of the permanent grade held by him at the time of retirement for each year, not in excess of thirty, of his active commissioned service in the Service; or "(B) in the case of an officer who first became a member of a uniformed service on or after the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, 2y2 per centum of the monthly retired pay base computed under section 1407(h) of title 10, United States Code, for each year, not in excess of thirty, of his active commissioned service in the Service.". (2) Section 211(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 212(a)) is amended— (A) by striking out "A commissioned officer" in paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in paragraph (6), a commissioned officer"; (B) by striking out "and his" in paragraph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof "and except as provided in paragraph (6), his"; and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(6) In computing retired pay under paragraph (4) or (5) in the case of any commissioned officer who first became a member of a uniformed service on or after the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, the monthly retired pay base computed under section 1407(h) of title 10, United States Code, shall be used in lieu of using the basic pay of the highest grade held by him as such officer.".
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