An Act to amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay bonus structure relating to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
PL 93-277 (S.2771), enacted 05/10/1974

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(e) Section 101 of Public Law 93-60 is amended by (1) striking 
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from subsection (b)(1), project 74-1-a, additional facilities, high 
level waste storage, Savannah Eiver, South Carolina, the figure 
"$14,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$17,500,000", (2) 
striking from subsection (b)(1), project 74-1-g, cascade uprating 
program, gaseous diffusion plants, the words " (partial AE and limited 
component procurement only)" and further striking the 
figure 
"$6,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure "$183,100,000", and 
(3) striking from subsection (b) (2), project 74-2-d, national security 
and resources study center, the words "(AE only), site undesignated" 
and substituting therefor the words "Los Alamos Scientific Labora-
tory, New Mexico" and further striking the figure "$350,000" and 
substituting therefor the figure "$4,600,000". 
SEC. 108. RESCISSION.— (a) Public Law 91-44, as amended, is fur- 86^stat!*225!' 
ther amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, 
except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 70-1-b, bedrock waste storage (AE and site selection drill-
ing only). Savannah River, South Carolina, $4,300,000. 
(b) Public Law 92-84, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 72-3-b, national radioactive waste repository, site undeter-
mined, $3,500,000. 
(c) Public Law 92-314, as amended, is further amended by rescind-
ing therefrom authorization for a project, except for funds heretofore 
obligated, as follows: 
Project 73-6-c, accelerator improvements, Cambridge Electron 
Accelerator, Massachusetts, $75,000. 
85 Stat. 304. 
86 Stat. 224. 
T I T L E I I 
SEC. 201. Section 157b. (3) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, is amended by striking out "upon the recommendation of" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "after consultation with". 
Approved May 10, 1974. 
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Public Law 93-277 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, to revise the special pay 
bonus structure relating to members of the armed forces, and for other purposes. 
May 10, 1974 
[S.2771] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Armed Forces Enlisted Personnel Bonus Revision 
Act of 1974". 
SEC. 2. Chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Section 308 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus 
"(a) A member of a uniformed service who— 
"(1) has completed at least twenty-one months of continuous 
active duty (other than for training) but not more than ten years 
of active duty; 
Armed Forces 
Enlisted Person-
nel Bonus Revi-
sion Act of 1974. 
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"(2) is designated as having a critical military skill by the 
Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Transportation with 
respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service 
in the Navy; 
"(3) is not receiving special pay under section 312a of this 
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title; and 
" (4) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular 
component of the service concerned for a period of at least three 
years; 
may be paid a bonus, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to 
which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied 
by the number of years, or the monthly fractions thereof, of additional 
obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the 
lesser amount. Obligated service in excess of twelve years will not be 
used for bonus computation. 
Payment. 
^^ (h) Bouus paymcuts authorized under this section may be paid 
in either a lump sum or in installments. 
"(c) For the purpose of computing the reenlistment bonus in the 
case of an officer with prior enlisted service who may be entitled to 
a bonus under subsection (a) of this section, the monthly basic pay 
of the grade in which he is enlisted, computed in accordance with 
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jj^g years of service computed under section 205 of this title, shall 
be used instead of the monthly basic pay to which he was entitled 
at the time of his release from active duty as an officer. 
"(d) A member who voluntarily, or because of his misconduct, 
does not complete the term of enlistment for which a bonus was paid 
to him under this section shall refund that percentage of the bonus 
tha'^ the unexpired part of his enlistment is of the total enlistment 
period for which the bonus was paid. 
"(e) This section shall be administered under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his 
jurisdiction, and by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to 
the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. 
Expiration date, 
ii ^^^ j ^ ^ bouus shall bc paid under this section with respect to any 
reenlistment, or voluntary extension of an active-duty enlistment, in 
the armed forces entered into after June 30, 1977.". 
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^g) Scctiou 308a is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 308a. Special pay: enlistment bonus 
"(a) Notwithstanding section 514(a) of title 10 or any other law, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the 
Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a person who enlists in an 
armed force for a period of at least four years in a skill designated 
as critical, or who extends his initial period of active duty in that 
armed force to a total of at least four years in a skill designated as 
critical, may be paid a bonus in an amount prescribed by the appro-
Payment. 
priatc Sccrctary, but not more than $3,000. The bonus may be paid 
in a lump sum or in equal periodic installments, as determined by the 
appropriate Secretary. 
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"(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
or by the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard 
when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a person who 
voluntarily, or because of his misconduct, does not complete the term 
of enlistment for which a bonus was paid to him under this section 
shall refund that percentage of the bonus that the unexpired part 
of his enlistment is of the total enlistment period for which the bonus 
was paid. 
"(c) No bonus shall be paid under this section with respect to any 
enlistment or extension of an initial period of active duty in the 
armed forces made after June 30,197T.". 
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding section 308 of title 37, United States Code, 
as amended by this Act, a member of a uniformed service on active 
duty on the effective date of this Act, who would have been eligible, 
at the end of his current or subsequent enlistment, for the reenlistment 
bonus prescribed in section 308 (a) or (d) of that title, as it existed 
on the day before the effective date of this Act, shall continue to be 
eligible for the reenlistment bonus under that section as it existed on 
the day before the effective date of this Act. If a member is also eligible 
for the reenlistment bonus prescribed in that section as amended by 
this Act, he may elect to receive either one of those reenlistment 
bonuses. However, a member's eligibility under section 308 (a) or (d) 
of that title, as it existed on the day before the effective date of this 
Act, terminates when he has received a total of $2,000 in reenlistment 
bonus payments, received under either section 308 (a) or (d) of that 
title as it existed on the day before the effective date of this Act, or 
under section 308 of that title, as amended by this Act, or from a com-
bination of both. 
SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act become effective on the 
first day of the month following the date of enactment. 
Approved May 10, 1974. 
Regulations. 
Expiration date. 
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note. 
Effective date. 
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Public Law 93-278 
AN ACT 
To extend the Environmental Education Act for three years. 
May 10, 1974 
[S.1647] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
Environmental 
be cited as the "Environmental Education Amendments of 1974". 
men^s^'o'°"i9^7r"'^' 
SEC. 2. Section 3(c)(1) of the Environmental Education Act (20 
Advisory co'un-
U.S.C. 1532) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following '^'^' extension. 
new sentence: "Subject to section 448(b) of the General Education 
Provisions Act, the Advisory Council shall continue to exist until 
July 1,1977.". 
SEC. 3. Section 7 of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after 
"1972," and by inserting after "1973" a comma and the following: 
"$5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, $10,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1976, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30,1977.". 
SEC. 4. Section 2(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
"maintain ecological balance" the following: "while giving due con-
sideration to the economic considerations related thereto". 
SEC. 5. Section 3(b) (2) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
"technology," the following: "economic impact,". 
SEC. 6. Section 3(c) (1) of such Act is further amended by inserting 
"economic," after "medical,". 
Approved May 10, 1974. 
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Appropriation. 
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