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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4440 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the maximum monthly 

rate for the military special pay known as hostile fire pay, imminent 

danger pay, or hazardous duty pay, to increase the maximum monthly 

rate for the family separation allowance paid to deployed members of 

the Armed Forces, and to increase other special and incentive pays 

to recognize the service of members of the Armed Forces and encourage 

recruitment and retention. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2010 

Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself and Mr. HALL of New York) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the 

maximum monthly rate for the military special pay 

known as hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, or hazardous duty pay, to increase the maximum monthly rate 

for the family separation allowance paid to deployed 

members of the Armed Forces, and to increase other 

special and incentive pays to recognize the service of 

members of the Armed Forces and encourage recruitment and retention. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combat Operations 

3 and Medical Benefit Authorization for our Troops Act of 

4 2010’’ or the ‘‘COMBAT Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CERTAIN SPECIAL AND INCENTIVES 

6 PAYS AND INCREASE IN FAMILY SEPARATION 

7 ALLOWANCE. 

8 (a) DUTY SUBJECT TO HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT

9 DANGER OR HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.— 

10 (1) HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.—Section 301 of 

11 title 37, United States Code, is amended— 

12 (A) in the tables in subsections (b) and 

13 (c)(2)(A), by increasing each dollar amount by 

14 $50; and 

15 (B) in subsection (c)(1)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘$150’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$200’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘$225’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘$275’’. 

20 (2) HOSTILE FIRE PAY OR IMMINENT DANGER

21 PAY.—Section 310(b) of title 37, United States 

22 Code, as amended by section 618 of the National 

23 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

24 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2355), is amended 

25 by striking ‘‘$225 a month’’ and inserting ‘‘$600 a 


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1 month ($350 a month in the case of duty described 

2 in subsection (a)(2)(D))’’. 

3 (3) CONSOLIDATED HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY AU4 THORITY.—Section 351(b) of title 37, United States 

5 Code, is amended— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$450’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘$600’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$250’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘$300’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$250’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘$350’’. 

12 (b) SPECIAL PAY FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS.—Section 

13 302c of title 37, United States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

15 following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(b) RATE OF SPECIAL PAY.—The rate of special pay 

17 to which an officer is entitled pursuant to subsection (a) 

18 shall be— 

19 ‘‘(1) $4,000 per year, if the officer has less 

20 than 10 years of creditable service; 

21 ‘‘(2) $5,000 per year, if the officer has at least 

22 10 but less than 12 years of creditable service; 

23 ‘‘(3) $6,000 per year, if the officer has at least 

24 12 but less than 14 years of creditable service; 


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1 ‘‘(4) $8,000 per year, if the officer has at least 

2 14 but less than 18 years of creditable service; or 

3 ‘‘(5) $10,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or 

4 more years of creditable service.’’; and 

5 (2) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

7 through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 

8 respectively; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘the rates specified in sub10 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘the rates specified 

11 in paragraph (2)’’; 

12 (C) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec13 retary’’; and 

14 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(2) The rate of special pay to which an officer is 

17 entitled pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be— 

18 ‘‘(A) $2,000 per year, if the officer has less 

19 than 10 years of creditable service; 

20 ‘‘(B) $2,500 per year, if the officer has at least 

21 10 but less than 12 years of creditable service; 

22 ‘‘(C) $3,000 per year, if the officer has at least 

23 12 but less than 14 years of creditable service; 

24 ‘‘(D) $4,000 per year, if the officer has at least 

25 14 but less than 18 years of creditable service; or 


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1 ‘‘(E) $5,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or 

2 more years of creditable service.’’. 

3 (c) SPECIAL PAY FOR SERVICE AS MEMBER OF

4 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUPPORT

5 TEAM.—Section 305b(b) of title 37, United States Code, 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘$150’’ and inserting ‘‘$300’’. 

7 (d) SPECIAL PAY OR BONUS FOR MEMBERS EX8 TENDING DUTY AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS OVER9 SEAS.—Section 314(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$80 per 

12 month’’ and inserting ‘‘$200 per month’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$2,000 per 

14 year’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000 per year’’. 

15 (e) SPECIAL PAY FOR SPECIAL WARFARE OFFICERS

16 EXTENDING PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY.—Section 318(d) 

17 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘$15,000 for each year’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000 for each 

19 year’’. 

20 (f) COMBAT-RELATED INJURY REHABILITATION

21 PAY.—Section 328(d) of title 37, United States Code, is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘$430’’ and inserting ‘‘$600’’. 


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1 (g) FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.—Section 

2 427(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘$250’’ and inserting ‘‘$450’’. 

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