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(b) TRANSFER OF 15-YEAR CAREER STATUS BONUS 
TO SUBCHAPTER II.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—Section 322 of title 37, United 
States Code, is transferred to appear after section 
353 of subchapter II of chapter 5 of such title, as 
added by subsection (a), and is redesignated as sec-
tion 354. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (f) 
of such section, as so transferred and redesignated, 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 303a(e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 373’’. 
(3) CROSS
REFERENCES.—Sections 1401a, 
1409(b)(2), and 1410 of title 10, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘section 322’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 322 or 354’’. 
(c) TRANSFER
OF RETENTION INCENTIVES
FOR 
MEMBERS QUALIFIED IN CRITICAL MILITARY SKILLS OR 
ASSIGNED TO HIGH PRIORITY UNITS.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—Section 323 of title 37, United 
States Code, as amended by sections 614(e) and 
621, is transferred to appear after section 354 of 
subchapter II of chapter 5 of such title, as trans-
ferred and redesignated by subsection (b)(1), and is 
redesignated as section 355.
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (g) 
of such section, as so transferred and redesignated, 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 303a(e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 373’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—EXISTING SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS 
AUTHORITIES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘301. Incentive pay: hazardous duty. 
‘‘301a. Incentive pay: aviation career. 
‘‘301b. Special pay: aviation career officers extending period of active duty. 
‘‘301c. Incentive pay: submarine duty. 
‘‘301d. Multiyear retention bonus: medical officers of the armed forces. 
‘‘301e. Multiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces. 
‘‘302. Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces. 
‘‘302a. Special pay: optometrists. 
‘‘302b. Special pay: dental officers of the armed forces. 
‘‘302c. Special pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers. 
‘‘302d. Special pay: accession bonus for registered nurses. 
‘‘302e. Special pay: nurse anesthetists. 
‘‘302f. Special pay: reserve, recalled, or retained health care officers. 
‘‘302g. Special pay: Selected Reserve health care professionals in critically short 
wartime specialties. 
‘‘302h. Special pay: accession bonus for dental officers. 
‘‘302i. Special pay: pharmacy officers. 
‘‘302j. Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers. 
‘‘302k. Special pay: accession bonus for medical officers in critically short war-
time specialties. 
‘‘302l. Special pay: accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically 
short wartime specialties. 
‘‘303. Special pay: veterinarians. 
‘‘303a. Special pay: general provisions. 
‘‘303b. Waiver of board certification requirements. 
‘‘304. Special pay: diving duty. 
‘‘305. Special pay: hardship duty pay. 
‘‘305a. Special pay: career sea pay. 
‘‘305b. Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil 
Support Team. 
‘‘306. Special pay: officers holding positions of unusual responsibility and of 
critical nature. 
‘‘306a. Special pay: members assigned to international military headquarters. 
‘‘307. Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members. 
‘‘307a. Special pay: assignment incentive pay. 
‘‘308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus.
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‘‘308b. Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘308c. Special pay: bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘308d. Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high 
priority units. 
‘‘308g. Special pay: bonus for enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other 
than the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘308h. Special pay: bonus for reenlistment, enlistment, or voluntary extension 
of enlistment in elements of the Ready Reserve other than the 
Selected Reserve. 
‘‘308i. Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus. 
‘‘308j. Special pay: affiliation bonus for officers in the Selected Reserve. 
‘‘309. Special pay: enlistment bonus. 
‘‘310. Special pay: duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger. 
‘‘312. Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active duty. 
‘‘312b. Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus. 
‘‘312c. Special pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus. 
‘‘314. Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated lo-
cations overseas. 
‘‘315. Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay. 
‘‘316. Special pay: bonus for members with foreign language proficiency. 
‘‘317. Special pay: officers in critical acquisition positions extending period of 
active duty. 
‘‘318. Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of active duty. 
‘‘319. Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay. 
‘‘320. Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers. 
‘‘321. Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay. 
‘‘324. Special pay: accession bonus for new officers in critical skills. 
‘‘325. Incentive bonus: savings plan for education expenses and other contin-
gencies. 
‘‘326. Incentive bonus: conversion to military occupational specialty to ease per-
sonnel shortage. 
‘‘327. Incentive bonus: transfer between armed forces. 
‘‘328. Combat-related injury rehabilitation pay. 
‘‘329. Incentive bonus: retired members and reserve component members volun-
teering for high-demand, low-density assignments. 
‘‘330. Special pay: accession bonus for officer candidates. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—CONSOLIDATION OF SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND 
BONUS AUTHORITIES 
‘‘331. General bonus authority for enlisted members. 
‘‘332. General bonus authority for officers. 
‘‘333. Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 
‘‘334. Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 
‘‘335. Special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health profes-
sions. 
‘‘351. Hazardous duty pay. 
‘‘352. Assignment pay or special duty pay. 
‘‘353. Skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus. 
‘‘354. Special pay: 15-year career status bonus for members entering service on 
or after August 1, 1986. 
‘‘355. Special pay: retention incentives for members qualified in critical military 
skills or assigned to high priority units. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
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‘‘371. Relationship to other incentives and pays. 
‘‘372. Continuation of pays during hospitalization for 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. 
‘‘373. Repayment of unearned portion of bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit 
when conditions of payment not met. 
‘‘374. Regulations.’’. 
SEC. 662. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall develop a plan to implement subchapters II 
and III of chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, 
as added by section 661(a), and to correspondingly 
transition all of the special and incentive pay pro-
grams for members of the uniformed services solely 
to provisions of such subchapters. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit the implementation plan to the congres-
sional defense committees. 
(b) TRANSITION PERIOD.—During a transition pe-
riod of not more than 10 years beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of a military department, and the Secretaries 
referred to in subsection (c) may continue to use the au-
thorities in provisions in subchapter I of chapter 5 of title 
37, United States Code, as designated by section 661(a), 
but subject to the terms of such provisions and such modi-
fications as the Secretary of Defense may include in the
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implementation plan, to provide bonuses and special and 
incentive pays for members of the uniformed services. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prepare the implementation plan in coordination with— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with 
respect to the Coast Guard; 
(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, with respect to the commissioned corps of the 
Public Health Service; and 
(3) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion. 
(d) NO EFFECT ON FISCAL YEAR 2008 OBLIGA-
TIONS.—During fiscal year 2008, obligations incurred 
under subchapters I, II, and III of chapter 5 of title 37, 
United States Code, as amended by section 661, to provide 
bonuses, incentive pays, special pays, and similar pay-
ments to members of the uniformed services under such 
subchapters may not exceed the obligations that would be 
incurred in the absence of the amendments made by such 
section.