SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combat Operations 
and Medical Benefit Authorization for our Troops Act of 
2008’’ or the ‘‘COMBAT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CERTAIN SPECIAL AND INCENTIVES 
PAYS AND INCREASE IN FAMILY SEPARATION 
ALLOWANCE. 
(a) DUTY SUBJECT TO HOSTILE FIRE OR IMMINENT 
DANGER OR HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.— 
(1) HAZARDOUS
DUTY
PAY.—Section 301 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the tables in subsections (b) and 
(c)(2)(A), by increasing each dollar amount by 
$50; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$150’’ and inserting 
‘‘$200’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$225’’ and inserting 
‘‘$275’’. 
(2) HOSTILE FIRE PAY OR IMMINENT DANGER 
PAY.—Section 310(a) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘the rate of $225’’ and inserting ‘‘the max-
imum rate of $600 ($350 in the case of duty de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(D))’’. 
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(3) CONSOLIDATED HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY AU-
THORITY.—Section 351(b) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$450’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$600’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$250’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$300’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$250’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$350’’. 
(b) SPECIAL PAY
FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS.—Section 
302c of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) RATE OF SPECIAL PAY.—The rate of special pay 
to which an officer is entitled pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be— 
‘‘(1) $4,000 per year, if the officer has less 
than 10 years of creditable service; 
‘‘(2) $5,000 per year, if the officer has at least 
10 but less than 12 years of creditable service; 
‘‘(3) $6,000 per year, if the officer has at least 
12 but less than 14 years of creditable service; 
‘‘(4) $8,000 per year, if the officer has at least 
14 but less than 18 years of creditable service; or 
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‘‘(5) $10,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or 
more years of creditable service.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 
respectively; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the rates specified in sub-
section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘the rates specified 
in paragraph (2)’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The rate of special pay to which an officer is 
entitled pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) $2,000 per year, if the officer has less 
than 10 years of creditable service; 
‘‘(B) $2,500 per year, if the officer has at least 
10 but less than 12 years of creditable service; 
‘‘(C) $3,000 per year, if the officer has at least 
12 but less than 14 years of creditable service; 
‘‘(D) $4,000 per year, if the officer has at least 
14 but less than 18 years of creditable service; or 
‘‘(E) $5,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or 
more years of creditable service.’’. 
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(c) SPECIAL PAY
FOR SERVICE
AS MEMBER
OF 
WEAPONS
OF
MASS
DESTRUCTION
CIVIL
SUPPORT 
TEAM.—Section 305b(b) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$150’’ and inserting ‘‘$300’’. 
(d) SPECIAL PAY OR BONUS FOR MEMBERS EX-
TENDING
DUTY
AT
DESIGNATED
LOCATIONS
OVER-
SEAS.—Section 314(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$80 per 
month’’ and inserting ‘‘$200 per month’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$2,000 per 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000 per year’’. 
(e) SPECIAL PAY FOR SPECIAL WARFARE OFFICERS 
EXTENDING PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY.—Section 318(d) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘$15,000 for each 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000 for each year’’. 
(f) COMBAT-RELATED
INJURY
REHABILITATION 
PAY.—Section 328(d) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘$430’’ and inserting ‘‘$600’’. 
(g) FAMILY
SEPARATION
ALLOWANCE.—Section 
427(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘$250’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$450’’. 
Æ 
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