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(e) SPECIAL PAY FOR SELECTED RESERVE HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS IN CRITICALLY SHORT WARTIME SPE-
CIALTIES.—Section 302g(e) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
(f) ACCESSION BONUS FOR DENTAL OFFICERS.— 
Section 302h(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’. 
(g) ACCESSION BONUS FOR PHARMACY OFFICERS.— 
Section 302j(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(h) ACCESSION BONUS FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS IN 
CRITICALLY
SHORT
WARTIME
SPECIALTIES.—Section 
302k(f) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(i) ACCESSION BONUS FOR DENTAL SPECIALIST OF-
FICERS IN CRITICALLY SHORT WARTIME SPECIALTIES.— 
Section 302l(g) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
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(f) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by
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striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
(b) NUCLEAR CAREER ACCESSION BONUS.—Section 
312b(c) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(c) 
NUCLEAR
CAREER
ANNUAL
INCENTIVE 
BONUS.—Section 312c(d) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 614. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO PAY-
MENT OF OTHER BONUSES AND SPECIAL 
PAYS. 
(a) AVIATION OFFICER RETENTION BONUS.—Sec-
tion 301b(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2009’’. 
(b) ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY.—Section 307a(g) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(c) REENLISTMENT
BONUS
FOR
ACTIVE
MEM-
BERS.—Section 308(g) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’.
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(d) ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Section 309(e) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(e) RETENTION BONUS FOR MEMBERS WITH CRIT-
ICAL MILITARY SKILLS OR ASSIGNED TO HIGH PRIORITY 
UNITS.—Section 323(i) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’. 
(f) ACCESSION BONUS FOR NEW OFFICERS IN CRIT-
ICAL SKILLS.—Section 324(g) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
(g) INCENTIVE BONUS FOR CONVERSION TO MILI-
TARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY TO EASE PERSONNEL 
SHORTAGE.—Section 326(g) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
(h) INCENTIVE BONUS FOR TRANSFER BETWEEN 
THE ARMED FORCES.—Section 327(h) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 
(i) ACCESSION BONUS FOR OFFICER CANDIDATES.— 
Section 330(f) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’.
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(j) ARMY REFERRAL BONUS.—Subsection (h) of sec-
tion 645 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3310), 
as redesignated by section 624(e) of the John Warner Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2258), is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 615. INCREASE IN INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY AND 
MULTIYEAR RETENTION BONUS FOR MED-
ICAL OFFICERS. 
(a) INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY.—Section 302(b)(1) of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’. 
(b) 
MULTIYEAR
RETENTION
BONUS.—Section 
301d(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’. 
SEC. 616. INCREASE IN DENTAL OFFICER ADDITIONAL SPE-
CIAL PAY. 
Section 302b(a)(4) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘shall be paid at the following 
rates’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
and inserting ‘‘shall not exceed the following:’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$4,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$6,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$12,000’’. 
SEC. 617. DEFINITION OF SEA DUTY FOR CAREER SEA PAY 
TO INCLUDE MULTI-CREW SHIPS. 
Section 305a(e)(1)(A) of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii); 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) while serving as an off-cycle crew-
member of a multi-crewed ship; or’’. 
SEC. 618. REENLISTMENT BONUS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) MINIMUM TERM OF REENLISTMENT OR ENLIST-
MENT EXTENSION.—Subsection (a)(2) of 308b of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘his enlist-
ment for a period of three years or for a period of six 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘an enlistment for a period of at 
least three years’’. 
(b) MAXIMUM BONUS AMOUNT.—Subsection (b)(1) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘may not exceed’’
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and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and 
inserting ‘‘may not exceed $15,000.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING ELIGI-
BILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (c) of such section 
is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection heading and 
paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘WAIVER OF CONDI-
TION ON ELIGIBILITY.—’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(B) or’’. 
SEC. 619. AVAILABILITY OF SELECTED RESERVE ACCES-
SION 
BONUS 
FOR 
PERSONS 
WHO 
PRE-
VIOUSLY SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES 
FOR A SHORT PERIOD. 
Section 308c(c)(1) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: 
‘‘or has served in the armed forces, but was released from 
such service before completing the basic training require-
ments of the armed force of which the person was a mem-
ber and the service was characterized as either honorable 
or uncharacterized’’. 
SEC. 620. AVAILABILITY OF NUCLEAR OFFICER CONTINU-
ATION PAY FOR OFFICERS WITH MORE THAN 
26 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE. 
Section 312 of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘26 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘26 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 years’’. 
SEC. 621. WAIVER OF YEARS-OF-SERVICE LIMITATION ON 
RECEIPT OF CRITICAL SKILLS RETENTION 
BONUS. 
Section 323(e) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may waive 
the limitations in paragraph (1) with respect to a member 
who, during the period of active duty or service in an ac-
tive status in a reserve component for which the bonus 
is being offered, is assigned duties in a skill designated 
as critical under subsection (b)(1). The authority to grant 
a waiver under this paragraph may not be delegated below 
the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readi-
ness or the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Home-
land Security.’’.
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SEC. 622. ACCESSION BONUS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
HEALTH 
PROFESSIONAL 
SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ACCESSION BONUS AUTHORIZED.—Subchapter I 
of chapter 105 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2128. Accession bonus for members of the program 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF BONUS.—The Secretary of 
Defense may offer a person who enters into an agreement 
under section 2122(a)(2) of this title an accession bonus 
of not more than $20,000 as part of the agreement. 
‘‘(b) REPAYMENT.—A person who receives an acces-
sion bonus under this section, but fails to comply with the 
agreement under section 2122(a)(2) of this title or to com-
mence or complete the active duty obligation imposed by 
section 2123 of this title, shall be subject to the repayment 
provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2128. Accession bonus for members of the program.’’.
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SEC. 623. PAYMENT OF ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY FOR 
RESERVE MEMBERS SERVING IN COMBAT 
ZONE FOR MORE THAN 22 MONTHS. 
(a) PAYMENT.—The Secretary of a military depart-
ment may pay assignment incentive pay under section 
307a of title 37, United States Code, to a member of a 
reserve component under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
for each month during the eligibility period of the member 
determined under subsection (b) during which the member 
served for any portion of the month in a combat zone asso-
ciated with Operating Enduring Freedom or Operation 
Iraqi Freedom in excess of 22 months of qualifying serv-
ice. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.—The eligibility period for 
a member extends from January 1, 2005, through the end 
of the active duty service of the member in a combat zone 
associated with Operating Enduring Freedom or Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom if the service on active duty during 
the member’s most recent period of mobilization to active 
duty began before January 19, 2007. 
(c) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The monthly rate of in-
centive pay payable to a member under this section is 
$1,000. 
(d) QUALIFYING SERVICE.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, qualifying service includes cumulative mobilized serv-
ice on active duty under sections 12301(d), 12302, and
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12304 of title 10, United States Code, during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2003, through the end of the 
member’s active duty service during the member’s most 
recent period of mobilization to active duty beginning be-
fore January 19, 2007. 
SEC. 624. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM MONTHLY RATE OF 
HARDSHIP DUTY PAY. 
(a) INCREASE.—Effective October 1, 2007, section 
305(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘$750’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,500’’. 
(b) FUNDING SOURCE.—Of the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for mili-
tary personnel accounts for fiscal year 2008, not more 
than $79,000,000 shall be available to cover the additional 
costs incurred to implement the amendment made by sub-
section (a). 
Subtitle C—Travel and 
Transportation Allowances 
SEC. 631. ALLOWANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN RESERVE 
SCREENING CONDUCTED THROUGH ELEC-
TRONIC MEANS. 
(a) 
ALLOWANCE
FOR
ELECTRONIC
RESERVE 
SCREENING.—Section 433 of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘ALLOWANCE 
FOR MUSTER DUTY.—(1)’’ before ‘‘Under’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as para-
graph (2) of subsection (a), and in such paragraph, 
as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘this section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 
(3) by inserting before subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) ALLOWANCE FOR ELECTRONIC SCREENING.— 
(1) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secre-
taries concerned, a member of the Individual Ready Re-
serve may be paid a stipend when the member partici-
pates, through electronic means, in the screening per-
formed pursuant to section 10149 of title 10, in lieu of 
muster duty performed under section 12319 of such title. 
‘‘(2) The amount of the stipend paid to a member 
under paragraph (1) may not exceed $50 in any calendar 
year.’’. 
(b) PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (c) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
’’ before the first sentence; 
(2) by striking ‘‘allowance’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘allowances’’;
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(3) by inserting ‘‘or screening’’ after ‘‘muster 
duty’’ both places it appears; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘serving, as commutation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘serving. The allowance under subsection 
(a) is provided as commutation’’. 
(c) PROHIBITIONS.—Such section is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘BAR TO INACTIVE DUTY 
COMPENSATION.—’’ before ‘‘A member’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or screening through 
electronic means’’ after ‘‘muster duty’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) BAR TO RETIREMENT CREDIT.—The participa-
tion by a member in screening for which a stipend is paid 
under subsection (b) shall not be credited in determining 
entitlement to, or in computing, retired pay under chapter 
1223 of title 10.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 433. Allowance for muster duty or for participation 
in Reserve screening’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 433 and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘433. Allowance for muster duty or for participation in Reserve screening.’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) BAR TO DUAL COMPENSATION FOR INAC-
TIVE-DUTY TRAINING.—Section 206 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) A member of the National Guard or of a reserve 
component of a uniformed service may not be paid under 
this section if the member receives a stipend under section 
433(b) of this title for the same period.’’. 
(2) BAR
TO
RETIREMENT
CREDIT.—Section 
12732(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after paragraph (7) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) Participation, through electronic means, in 
the screening performed pursuant to section 10149 
of this title, regardless of whether or not a stipend 
is paid under section 433(b) of title 37 for such par-
ticipation.’’.