An Act to make the basic pay of the master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard comparable to the basic pay of the senior enlisted advisers of the other Armed Forces, and for other purposes
PL 92-455 (H.R.10486), enacted 10/02/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-455-OCT. 2,1972 
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Public Law 92-455 
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AN ACT 
'J'd make the basic pay of the Master Chief Petty OflSt-er of the Coast Guard 
comparable to the basic pay of the senior enlisted advisers of the other Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes. 
October 2, 1972 
[H. R.10486] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled^ That section 1401 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by deleting the word "or" 
between the phrases "Air Force," and "sergeant major" in the second 
sentence of footnote 4 of the table in that section and adding the words 
"or master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard," between the phrase 
"Marine Corps," and the word "compute". 
SEC. 2. Section 423 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
adding the following new sentence between the first and second sen-
tences of the section: "In the case of an enlisted member who served 
as the master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, his retired pay 
shall be computed at the highest basic pay applicable to him while he 
so served, if that basic pay is greater than the basic pay of the grade 
or rating to which he was otherwise entitled at the time of retirement." 
SEC. 3. Section 203(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
deleting the word "or" between the phrases "Air Force," and "Sergeant 
Major" in footnote 1 of the "ENLISTED MEMBERS" pay table in 
that section and adding the words "or Master Chief Petty Officer of the 
Coast Guard," between the phrase "Marine Corps," and the word 
"basic". 
SEC. 4. Section 411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
deleting the word "or" between the phrases "Air Force," and "sergeant 
major" in footnote 1 of the table in that section and adding the words 
"or master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard," between the phrase 
"Marine Corps," and the word "at". 
SEC. 5. An enlisted member of the Coast Guard who has served as the 
master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard before enactment of this 
Act is entitled to recover the differences between the basic pay (includ-
ing proficiency pay) received while so serving and the amount he would 
have received if his basic pay had been the same as the basic pay of the 
senior enlisted advisers of the other Armed Forces from the time of his 
original appointment to serve as the master chief petty officer of the 
Coast Guard. 
SEC. 6. (a) Section ft of the Act of June 20,1918 (33 U.S.C. 763) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (1) of the first 
sentence and by inserting after "Government," in clause (2) of 
that sentence the following: "or (3) are involuntarily separated 
from further performance of duty, except by removal for cause on 
charges of misconduct or delinquency, after completing twenty-
five years in the active service of the Government, or after com-
pleting twenty years of such service and after reaching the age of 
fifty years,"; 
(2) by striking out "five years of service" in the first proviso of 
the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "three years of 
service"; and 
(3) by inserting immediately after the colon at the end of the 
first proviso the following: ''''Provided further^ That the retire-
ment pay computed under the preceding proviso for any such 
officer or employee retiring under clause (3) shall be reduced by 
one-sixth of 1 per centum for each full month the officer or 
employee is under fifty-five years of age at the date of retirement:". 
(b) Ihe amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
apply with respect to officers and employees to which such section 6 
applies who are involuntarily separated or retired on or after the date 
01 the enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 2, 1972. 
Coast Guard. 
Master Chief 
Petty Officer, 
pay increase. 
81 Stat. 653. 
63 Stat. 525. 
85 Stat. 357. 
Widow depend-
ency and indem-
nity compensation. 
85 Stat. 660. 
Pay recovery. 
Lighthouse 
Service retirement 
benefits. 
40 Stat. 608; 
81 Stat. 519. 
Effective date.