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SEC. 613. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND BONUS AU-
THORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFICERS. 
(a) SPECIAL PAY FOR NUCLEAR-QUALIFIED OFFI-
CERS EXTENDING PERIOD OF ACTIVE SERVICE.—Section 
312(e) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’. 
(b) NUCLEAR CAREER ACCESSION BONUS.—Section 
312b(c) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(c) 
NUCLEAR
CAREER
ANNUAL
INCENTIVE 
BONUS.—Section 312c(d) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’. 
SEC. 614. EXTENSION OF OTHER BONUS, SPECIAL PAY, AND 
SEPARATION PAY AUTHORITIES. 
(a) AVIATION OFFICER RETENTION BONUS.—Sec-
tion 301b(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2007’’. 
(b) ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY.—Section 307a(g) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(c) REENLISTMENT
BONUS
FOR
ACTIVE
MEM-
BERS.—Section 308(g) of such title is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2007’’. 
(d) ENLISTMENT BONUS FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS.—
Section 309(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(e) RETENTION BONUS FOR MEMBERS WITH CRIT-
ICAL MILITARY SKILLS.—Section 323(i) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(f) ACCESSION BONUS FOR NEW OFFICERS IN CRIT-
ICAL SKILLS.—Section 324(g) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’. 
(g) MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CONVER-
SION INCENTIVE BONUS.—Section 326(g) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(h) TRANSFER BETWEEN ARMED FORCES INCEN-
TIVE BONUS.—Section 327(h) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’. 
SEC. 615. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY OF DENTAL OFFI-
CERS FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PAY. 
(a) REPEAL OF INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY EX-
CEPTION.—Section 302b(a)(4) of title 37, United States
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Code, is amended by striking the first sentence and insert-
ing the following new sentence: ‘‘An officer who is entitled 
to variable special pay under paragraph (2) or (3) is also 
entitled to additional special pay for any 12-month period 
during which an agreement executed under subsection (b) 
is in effect with respect to the officer.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 616. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM ANNUAL RATE OF SPE-
CIAL PAY FOR SELECTED RESERVE HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS IN CRITICALLY SHORT 
WARTIME SPECIALTIES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 302g(a) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$25,000’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 617. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF 
NUCLEAR OFFICER INCENTIVE PAY. 
(a) LUMP SUM PAYMENT OPTION.—Subsection (a) 
of section 312 of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
in the matter after paragraph (3)—
(1) by striking ‘‘in equal annual installments’’ 
and inserting ‘‘in a single lump-sum or in annual in-
stallments of equal or different amounts’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘with the number of install-
ments being equal to the number of years covered by 
the contract plus one’’ and inserting ‘‘and, if the 
special pay will be paid in annual installments, the 
number of installments may not exceed the number 
of years covered by the agreement plus one’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Such section is further amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 
as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘an officer’’ in the matter 
before paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary may pay special pay under subsection (b) 
to an officer’’; 
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting a period; 
(C) by striking ‘‘may, upon’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘The Secretary of the Navy 
shall’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) PAYMENT AMOUNT; PAYMENT OPTIONS.—(1) 
The total amount paid to an officer under an agreement 
under subsection (a) or (e)(1) may not exceed $30,000 
for each year of the active-service agreement. Amounts