I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5584 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
certain special and incentive pays in the computation of military retired 
pay for members of the Armed Forces who have a special operations 
forces designation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2006 
Mr. HAYES (for himself and Mr. MCINTYRE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the 
inclusion of certain special and incentive pays in the 
computation of military retired pay for members of the 
Armed Forces who have a special operations forces des-
ignation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Operations 
Forces Retention Improvement Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SPECIFIED SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE 
PAYS IN COMPUTATION OF MILITARY RE-
TIRED PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES 
WITH 
A 
SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS 
FORCES DESIGNATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 71 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1415. Members with special operations forces des-
ignation: increase in retired pay for re-
ceipt of certain special pays 
‘‘(a) INCREASE IN RETIRED PAY FOR QUALIFYING 
MEMBERS.—The retired pay of a member who is a quali-
fying special operations forces member and who retires on 
or after the date of the enactment of this section shall 
be increased by the amount determined under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(b) COMPUTATION OF INCREASE.— 
‘‘(1) SUM
OF
PRORATED
MONTHLY
SPECIAL 
PAYS.—The amount of an increase in retired pay 
under this section for any member shall be the sum 
of the amounts determined under paragraph (2) for 
that member. 
‘‘(2) PRO RATING OF SPECIAL PAYS.—For each 
covered monthly special pay that the member re-
ceived at any time while on active duty, there shall 
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be determined the amount that is equal to the prod-
uct of— 
‘‘(A) the monthly amount of such covered 
special pay that the member received for the 
final month for which the member received that 
special pay; and 
‘‘(B) the fraction in which— 
‘‘(i) the numerator is the number of 
months for which the member received that 
special pay; and 
‘‘(ii) the denominator is the total 
number of months for which the member 
received basic pay. 
‘‘(c) COVERED MONTHLY SPECIAL PAYS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘covered monthly special 
pay’ means the following incentive and special pays, each 
of which is paid on a monthly basis: 
‘‘(1) Incentive pay under section 301 of title 
37, relating to performance of hazardous duty re-
quired by orders. 
‘‘(2) Aviation career incentive pay under section 
301a of title 37. 
‘‘(3) Submarine duty incentive pay under sec-
tion 301c of title 37. 
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‘‘(4) Special pay under section 304 of title 37, 
relating to diving duty. 
‘‘(5) Special pay under section 305 of title 37, 
relating to hardship duty. 
‘‘(6) Special pay under section 305a of title 37, 
relating to career sea pay. 
‘‘(7) Special pay under section 305b of title 37, 
relating to service as a member of a Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Civil Support Team. 
‘‘(8) Special pay under section 306 of title 37, 
relating to officers holding positions of unusual re-
sponsibility and of a critical nature. 
‘‘(9) Special pay under section 307 of title 37, 
relating to special duty assignments for enlisted 
members. 
‘‘(10) Special pay under section 310 of title 37, 
relating to duty subject to hostile fire or imminent 
danger. 
‘‘(11) Special pay under section 314 of title 37, 
relating to qualified members extending duty at des-
ignated overseas locations. 
‘‘(12) Incentive pay under section 320 of title 
37, relating to career enlisted flyers. 
‘‘(13) Special pay under section 328 of title 37, 
relating to combat-related injury rehabilitation. 
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‘‘(d) QUALIFYING SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES 
MEMBERS.—A member is a qualifying special operations 
forces member for the purposes of this section if the mem-
ber has a special operations forces personnel designation 
and— 
‘‘(1) the member was paid special pay for not 
fewer than 18 months under section 310 of title 37, 
relating to special pay for duty subject to hostile fire 
or imminent danger; or 
‘‘(2) the member was assigned to duty in a spe-
cial operations forces duty assignment for not less 
than 60 months (whether or not consecutive). 
‘‘(e) TREATMENT UNDER OTHER PROVISIONS RE-
LATING TO RETIRED PAY.—An amount by which retired 
pay is increased under this section shall not be considered 
to be retired pay— 
‘‘(1) for purposes of section 1408 of this title; 
or 
‘‘(2) for purposes of the Survivor Benefit Plan 
under subchapter II of chapter 73 of this title. 
‘‘(f) RETAINER PAY.—In this section, the term ‘re-
tired pay’ includes retainer pay payable under section 
6330 of this title.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1415.
Members with special operations forces designation: increase in retired 
pay for receipt of certain special pays.’’. 
Æ 
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