[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3280 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3280

   To amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for an 
   increase in military retired pay for officers by reason of being 
  credited with extraordinary heroism on the same basis as applies to 
                           enlisted members.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2003

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for an 
   increase in military retired pay for officers by reason of being 
  credited with extraordinary heroism on the same basis as applies to 
                           enlisted members.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RETIRED PAY COMPUTATION FOR OFFICERS CREDITED WITH 
              EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM.

    (a) Warrant Officer and Involuntary Officer Retirement.--Section 
1401 is amended by striking at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) If a member who is retired under any provision of law 
specified in formula number 4 or 5 in the table in subsection (a) has 
been credited by the Secretary concerned with extraordinary heroism in 
the line of duty, the member's retired pay shall be increased by 10 
percent of the amount determined under that table (but to not more than 
75 percent of the retired pay base upon which the computation of such 
retired pay is based). The Secretary's determination as to 
extraordinary heroism is conclusive for all purposes.''.
    (b) Voluntary Army Officer Retirement.--Section 3991(a)(2) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``certain enlisted''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 3914 of this title'' and 
        inserting ``this subtitle''.
    (c) Voluntary Navy and Marine Corps Officer Retirement.--Chapter 
571 of such title is amended--
            (1) by transferring paragraph (3) of section 6330(c) to the 
        end of section 6333 and redesignating that paragraph as 
        subsection (d); and
            (2) in that subsection, as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``his retainer pay'' and inserting ``the member's retired pay 
        or retainer pay''.
    (d) Voluntary Air Force Officer Retirement.--Section 8991(a)(2) of 
such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``certain enlisted''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 8914 of this title'' and 
        inserting ``this subtitle''.
    (e) Voluntary Coast Guard Officer Retirement.--Chapter 11 of title 
14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by transferring subsection (i) of section 357 to the 
        end of section 423 and redesignating that subsection as 
        subsection (d); and
            (2) in that subsection, as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``An enlisted member'' and inserting ``A member''.
    (f) Retired Pay Recomputed Based Upon Later Active Duty.--Sections 
1402(f)(1) and 1402a(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, are each 
amended by striking ``section 3914 or 8914'' and inserting ``any 
provision of this subtitle, other than chapter 61, or subtitle B, C, or 
D''.
    (g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to members of the Armed Forces retiring on or after 
January 1, 2003.
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