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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8474 

To make certain improvements to incentive pay for explosive ordnance disposal 

duty. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2024 

Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Mississippi) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To make certain improvements to incentive pay for explosive 

ordnance disposal duty. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Explosive Ordnance Disposal Incentive Pay Improvement 

6 Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO INCENTIVE PAY FOR EXPLO2 SIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL DUTY. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subchapter I of Chapter 5 of 

4 title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting, 

5 after section 301e, the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 301f. Incentive pay: explosive ordnance disposal 

7 duty 

8 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Subject to regulations pre9 scribed by the Secretary of Defense, a regular member of 

10 a covered armed force is entitled to continuous monthly 

11 explosive ordnance disposal duty incentive pay in the 

12 amount specified in subsection (b)(1) if the member— 

13 ‘‘(A) is entitled to basic pay; 

14 ‘‘(B) holds (or is in training leading to) an 

15 explosive ordnance disposal duty designator; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(C) is in and remains in explosive ord18 nance disposal duty on a career basis. 

19 ‘‘(2) Subject to regulations prescribed by the 

20 Secretary of Defense, a member of a covered armed 

21 force who is entitled to basic pay but is not entitled 

22 to continuous monthly explosive ordnance disposal 

23 duty incentive pay under paragraph (1) is entitled to 

24 explosive ordnance disposal duty incentive pay in the 

25 amount prescribed pursuant to subsection (b)(2) for 


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1 any period during which such member performs ex2 plosive ordnance disposal duty under orders. 

3 ‘‘(b) RATES.—(1) Continuous monthly explosive ord4 nance disposal duty incentive pay under subsection (a)(1) 

5 shall be in the following amounts: 

‘‘Years of explosive ordnance disposal 

duty (including training): 

Monthly Rate 

2 or fewer ............................................................................................ $125 

Over 2 ................................................................................................. $156 

Over 3 ................................................................................................. $188 

Over 4 ................................................................................................. $206 

Over 6 ................................................................................................. $650 

Over 8 ................................................................................................. $800 

Over 10 ............................................................................................... $1,000 

Over 17 ............................................................................................... $840 

Over 22 ............................................................................................... $585 

Over 24 ............................................................................................... $385 

Over 25 ............................................................................................... $250 

6 ‘‘(2) Explosive ordnance disposal duty incentive 

7 pay under subsection (a)(2)— 

8 ‘‘(A) shall be in amounts prescribed by the 

9 Secretary of Defense; 

10 ‘‘(B) may not, for any month, exceed the 

11 maximum amount specified in paragraph (1); 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(C) may not be less per day than the 

14 amount under subsection (d). 

15 ‘‘(c) COMPUTATION OF YEARS.—Years of explosive 

16 ordnance disposal duty by a member shall be computed 

17 beginning with the effective date of the initial order to 

18 such member to perform explosive ordnance disposal duty. 


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1 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN DUTY IN THE RE2 SERVE COMPONENTS.—Under regulations prescribed by 

3 the Secretary of Defense and to the extent provided for 

4 by appropriations, for each day that a member of the re5 serve component of a covered armed force who is entitled 

6 to compensation under section 206 of this title, performs, 

7 under orders, explosive ordnance disposal duty, such mem8 ber is eligible for an increase in compensation equal to 

9 one-thirtieth of the continuous monthly incentive pay 

10 under subsection (b)(1) for a member of corresponding 

11 years of service entitled to basic pay. 

12 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered armed force’ means the 

14 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

15 Force. 

16 ‘‘(2) The term ‘explosive ordnance disposal’ has 

17 the meaning given such term in section 2284 of title 

18 10. 

19 ‘‘(3) The term ‘explosive ordnance disposal 

20 duty’ means duty performed by a member of a cov21 ered armed force, under regulations prescribed by 

22 the Secretary of Defense, in explosive ordnance dis23 posal.’’. 

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 301f of title 37, 

25 United States Code, added by this section, shall take effect 


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1 on the day that is six months after the date of the enact2 ment of this Act and apply to explosive ordnance disposal 

3 duty performed on or after such day. 

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