An Act extending the special pay provisions for physicians and dentists in the uniformed services and reinstating the special pay provisions for optometrists and veterinarians in the uniformed services.
PL 95-114 (S.1731), enacted 09/30/1977

91 STAT. 1046 
PUBLIC LAW 95-114—SEPT. 30, 1977 
Public Law 95-114 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Sept. 30, 1977 
[S. 1731] 
Uniformed 
services. 
Medical officers, 
special pay 
provisions, 
extension and 
reinstatement. 
37 u s e 302 note. 
Extending the special pay provisions for physicians and dentists in the uni-
formed services and reinstating the special pay provisions for optometrists 
and veterinarians in the uniformed services. 
Be it etiacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 
the Act of May 6,1974, Public Law 93-274, as amended (90 Stat. 926), 
is amended by striking out "September 30,1977" and inserting in place 
thereof "September 30,1978". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 302a of title 37, LTnited States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 302a. Special pay: optometrists 
"(a) In addition to any other basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, 
or allowances to which he is entitled, each of the following officers is 
entitled to special pay at the rate of $100 a month for each month 
of active duty beginning on or after October 1, 1977: 
" (1) a commissioned officer— 
"(A) of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, or Regular 
Air Force who is designated as an optometry officer, or 
"(B) who is an optometry officer of the Regular Corps of 
the Public Health Service; 
"(2) a commissioned officer— 
"(A) of a Reserve component of the Army, Navy, or Air 
Force who is designated as an optometry officer; or 
"(B) who is an optometry officer of the Reserve Corps of 
the Public Health Service, 
who is on active duty as a result of a call or order to active duty 
for a period of at least one year; and 
"(3) a general officer of the Army or the Air Force appointed, 
from any of the categories named in clause (1) or (2), in the 
Army, Air Force, or the National Guard, as the case may be. 
"(b) The amount set forth in subsection (a) of this section may 
not be included in computing the amount of an increase in pay author-
ized by any other provision of this title or in computing retired pay 
or severance pay. 
"(c) No special pay may be paid under this section for any month 
after September 1978.". 
SEC. 3. Section 303 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§ 303. Special pay: veterinarians 
"(a) In addition to any other basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, 
or allowances to which he is entitled, each of the following officers is 
entitled to special pay at the rate of $100 a month for each month 
of active duty beginning on or after October 1, 1977: 
" (1) a commissioned officer— 
" (A) of the Regular Army who is in the Veterinary Corps, 
"(B) of the Regular Air Force who is designated as a vet-
erinary officer, or 
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"(C) who is a veterinary officer of the Regular Corps of 
the Public Health Service; 
"(2) a commissioned officer— 
" (A) of a Reserve component of the Army who is in the 
Veterinary Corps of the Army, 
"(B) oi a Reserve component of the Air Force, of the 
Armv or the Air Force without specification of component, 
or oi the National Guard, who is designated as a veterinary 
officer of the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be, or 
"(C) who is a veterinary officer of the Reserve Corps of 
the Public Health Service, 
who is on active duty as a result of a call or order to active duty 
for a period of at least one year; and 
"(3) a general officer of the Army or the Air Force appointed, 
from any of the categories named in clause (1) or (2) of this 
subsection, in the Army, the Air Force, or the National Guard, 
as the case may be. 
"(b) The amount set forth in subsection (a) of this section may 
not be included in computing the amount of an increase in pay author-
ized in any other provision of this title or in computing retired pay or 
severance pay. 
"(c) No special pay may be paid under this section for any month 
after September lots."^'. 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 of this Act become Effective date, 
effective on October 1,1977. 
37 U
S
C 302a 
Approved September 30, 1977. 
note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-479 accompanying H.R. 8011 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-400 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
Sept. 9, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 19, considered and passed House.