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US CodeTitle 37Chapter 5

Chapter 5

SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS

Title 37 - Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services

77 sections

Sections

§ 301

Incentive pay: hazardous duty

Long

§ 301a

Incentive pay: aviation career

Long

§ 301b

Special pay: aviation career officers extending period of active duty

Medium

§ 301c

Incentive pay: submarine duty

Long

§ 301d

Multiyear retention bonus: medical officers of the armed forces

Short

§ 301e

Multiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces

Medium

§ 302

Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces

Long

§ 302a

Special pay: optometrists

Medium

§ 302b

Special pay: dental officers of the armed forces

Long

§ 302c

Special pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers

Medium

§ 302c–1

Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologists

Medium

§ 302d

Special pay: accession bonus for registered nurses

Short

§ 302e

Special pay: nurse anesthetists

Medium

§ 302f

Special pay: reserve, recalled, or retained health care officers

Short

§ 302g

Special pay: Selected Reserve health care professionals in critically short wartime specialties

Short

§ 302h

Special pay: accession bonus for dental officers

Short

§ 302i

Special pay: pharmacy officers

Short

§ 302j

Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers

Short

§ 302k

Special pay: accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties

Short

§ 302l

Special pay: accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically short wartime specialties

Medium

§ 303

Special pay: veterinarians

Short

§ 303a

Special pay: general provisions

Long

§ 303b

Waiver of board certification requirements

Short

§ 304

Special pay: diving duty

Medium

§ 305

Special pay: hardship duty pay

Short

§ 305a

Special pay: career sea pay

Medium

§ 305b

Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team

Short

§ 306

Special pay: officers holding positions of unusual responsibility and of critical nature

Medium

§ 306a

Special pay: members assigned to international military headquarters

Very short

§ 307

Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members

Medium

§ 307a

Special pay: assignment incentive pay

Medium

§ 308

Special pay: reenlistment bonus

Medium

§ 308b

Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve

Medium

§ 308c

Special pay: bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve

Medium

§ 308d

Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units

Short

§ 308g

Special pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve

Short

§ 308h

Special pay: bonus for reenlistment, enlistment, or voluntary extension of enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the Selected Reserve

Medium

§ 308i

Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus

Medium

§ 308j

Special pay: affiliation bonus for officers in the Selected Reserve

Medium

§ 309

Special pay: enlistment bonus

Short

§ 310

Special pay: duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger

Medium

§ 312

Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service

Medium

§ 312b

Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus

Short

§ 312c

Special pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus

Medium

§ 314

Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas

Medium

§ 315

Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay

Short

§ 316

Special pay: bonus for members with foreign language proficiency

Medium

§ 316a

Special pay: incentive pay for members of precommissioning programs pursuing foreign language proficiency

Short

§ 317

Special pay: officers in critical acquisition positions extending period of active duty

Medium

§ 318

Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of active duty

Medium

§ 319

Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay

Short

§ 320

Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers

Long

§ 321

Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay

Short

§ 324

Special pay: accession bonus for new officers in critical skills

Medium

§ 325

Incentive bonus: savings plan for education expenses and other contingencies

Medium

§ 326

Incentive bonus: conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage

Short

§ 327

Incentive bonus: transfer between armed forces

Medium

§ 329

Incentive bonus: retired members and reserve component members volunteering for high-demand, low-density assignments

Medium

§ 330

Special pay: accession bonus for officer candidates

Short

§ 331

General bonus authority for enlisted members

Medium

§ 332

General bonus authority for officers

Medium

§ 333

Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers

Medium

§ 334

Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers

Long

§ 334a

Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities: enlisted members who operate remotely piloted aircraft

Long

§ 335

Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health professions

Long

§ 336

Contracting bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

Short

§ 351

Hazardous duty pay

Long

§ 352

Assignment pay or special duty pay

Medium

§ 353

Skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus

Long

§ 354

Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members entering service on or after

Medium

§ 355

Special pay: retention incentives for members qualified in critical military skills or assigned to high priority units

Medium

§ 356

Continuation pay: full TSP members with 7 to 12 years of service

Medium

§ 357

Special and incentive pay authorities for members of the reserve components of the armed forces

Short

§ 371

Relationship to other incentives and pays

Short

§ 372

Continuation of pays during hospitalization and rehabilitation resulting from wounds, injury, or illness incurred while on duty in a hostile fire area or exposed to an event of hostile fire or other hostile action

Short

§ 373

Repayment of unearned portion of bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit, and termination of remaining payments, when conditions of payment not met

Long

§ 374

Regulations

Short