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        <fullName>Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Special Operations Forces Retention Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends federal Armed Forces provisions to require the retired military pay of a qualified special operations forces member to be increased by the amount of specified special and incentive pays received by such member prior to retirement.</p> <p>Requires the member, in order to qualify for such retired pay increase, to have been: (1) paid special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger for no fewer than 18 months; and (2) assigned in a special operations forces duty assignment for not less than 60 months.</p>]]></text>
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