(a) Army, Navy, and Air Force Pharmacy Officers.—Under regulations prescribed pursuant to section 303a of this title, the Secretary of the military department concerned may, subject to subsection (c), pay retention special pay under this section to an officer who—(1) is a pharmacy officer in the Medical Service Corps of the Army or Navy or the Biomedical Sciences Corps of the Air Force; and
(2) is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period of not less than one year.
(b) Public Health Service Corps.—Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Health and Human Services may pay retention special pay under this section to an officer who—(1) is an officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps 11 See Change of Name note below. of the Public Health Service and is designated as a pharmacy officer; and
(2) is on active duty under a call or order to active duty for a period of not less than one year.
(c) Limitation on Eligibility for Special Pay.—Special pay may not be paid under this section to an officer serving in a pay grade above pay grade O–6.
(d) Limitation on Amount of Special Pay.—The amount of retention special pay paid to an officer under this section may not exceed $15,000 for any 12-month period.
Structure US Code
Title 37— PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
CHAPTER 5— SPECIAL AND INCENTIVE PAYS
SUBCHAPTER I— EXISTING SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORITIES
§ 301. Incentive pay: hazardous duty
§ 301a. Incentive pay: aviation career
§ 301b. Special pay: aviation career officers extending period of active duty
§ 301c. Incentive pay: submarine duty
§ 301d. Multiyear retention bonus: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 301e. Multiyear retention bonus: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302. Special pay: medical officers of the armed forces
§ 302a. Special pay: optometrists
§ 302b. Special pay: dental officers of the armed forces
§ 302c. Special pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers
§ 302c–1. Special pay: accession and retention bonuses for psychologists
§ 302d. Special pay: accession bonus for registered nurses
§ 302e. Special pay: nurse anesthetists
§ 302f. Special pay: reserve, recalled, or retained health care officers
§ 302h. Special pay: accession bonus for dental officers
§ 302i. Special pay: pharmacy officers
§ 302j. Special pay: accession bonus for pharmacy officers
§ 302k. Special pay: accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime specialties
§ 303. Special pay: veterinarians
§ 303a. Special pay: general provisions
§ 303b. Waiver of board certification requirements
§ 304. Special pay: diving duty
§ 305. Special pay: hardship duty pay
§ 305a. Special pay: career sea pay
§ 305b. Special pay: service as member of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team
§ 306. Special pay: officers holding positions of unusual responsibility and of critical nature
§ 306a. Special pay: members assigned to international military headquarters
§ 307. Special pay: special duty assignment pay for enlisted members
§ 307a. Special pay: assignment incentive pay
§ 308. Special pay: reenlistment bonus
[§ 308a. Repealed. , title VI, § 624(b)(1)], , , 1654A–153]
§ 308b. Special pay: reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve
§ 308c. Special pay: bonus for affiliation or enlistment in the Selected Reserve
§ 308d. Special pay: members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units
[§ 308f. Repealed. , title VI, § 624(b)(1)], , , 1654A–153]
§ 308i. Special pay: prior service enlistment bonus
§ 308j. Special pay: affiliation bonus for officers in the Selected Reserve
§ 309. Special pay: enlistment bonus
§ 310. Special pay: duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger
§ 312. Special pay: nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active service
§ 312b. Special pay: nuclear career accession bonus
§ 312c. Special pay: nuclear career annual incentive bonus
§ 314. Special pay or bonus: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas
§ 315. Special pay: engineering and scientific career continuation pay
§ 316. Special pay: bonus for members with foreign language proficiency
§ 317. Special pay: officers in critical acquisition positions extending period of active duty
§ 318. Special pay: special warfare officers extending period of active duty
§ 319. Special pay: surface warfare officer continuation pay
§ 320. Incentive pay: career enlisted flyers
§ 321. Special pay: judge advocate continuation pay
§ 324. Special pay: accession bonus for new officers in critical skills
§ 325. Incentive bonus: savings plan for education expenses and other contingencies
§ 326. Incentive bonus: conversion to military occupational specialty to ease personnel shortage