Combat Operations and Medical Benefit Authorization for Our Troops Act of 2010 or COMBAT Act - Increases the maximum monthly rates of: (1) hazardous duty pay; (2) hostile fire or imminent danger pay; (3) special pay for service as a member of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team; (4) special pay for members extending duty at designated overseas locations; (5) combat-related injury rehabilitation pay; and (6) the family separation allowance.
Increases the maximum annual rates of special pay for: (1) officers serving as psychologists and nonphysician health care providers; and (2) special warfare officers extending their active-duty period.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4440 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4440
To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the maximum monthly
rate for the military special pay known as hostile fire pay, imminent
danger pay, or hazardous duty pay, to increase the maximum monthly rate
for the family separation allowance paid to deployed members of the
Armed Forces, and to increase other special and incentive pays to
recognize the service of members of the Armed Forces and encourage
recruitment and retention.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2010
Mr. McNerney (for himself and Mr. Hall of New York) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the maximum monthly
rate for the military special pay known as hostile fire pay, imminent
danger pay, or hazardous duty pay, to increase the maximum monthly rate
for the family separation allowance paid to deployed members of the
Armed Forces, and to increase other special and incentive pays to
recognize the service of members of the Armed Forces and encourage
recruitment and retention.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Combat Operations and Medical
Benefit Authorization for our Troops Act of 2010'' or the ``COMBAT
Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CERTAIN SPECIAL AND INCENTIVES PAYS AND INCREASE IN
FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.
(a) Duty Subject to Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger or Hazardous
Duty Pay.--
(1) Hazardous duty pay.--Section 301 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) in the tables in subsections (b) and (c)(2)(A),
by increasing each dollar amount by $50; and
(B) in subsection (c)(1)--
(i) by striking ``$150'' and inserting
``$200''; and
(ii) by striking ``$225'' and inserting
``$275''.
(2) Hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay.--Section
310(b) of title 37, United States Code, as amended by section
618 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2355), is amended by
striking ``$225 a month'' and inserting ``$600 a month ($350 a
month in the case of duty described in subsection (a)(2)(D))''.
(3) Consolidated hazardous duty pay authority.--Section
351(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$450'' and
inserting ``$600'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$250'' and
inserting ``$300''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$250'' and
inserting ``$350''.
(b) Special Pay for Psychologists.--Section 302c of title 37,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following
new subsection:
``(b) Rate of Special Pay.--The rate of special pay to which an
officer is entitled pursuant to subsection (a) shall be--
``(1) $4,000 per year, if the officer has less than 10
years of creditable service;
``(2) $5,000 per year, if the officer has at least 10 but
less than 12 years of creditable service;
``(3) $6,000 per year, if the officer has at least 12 but
less than 14 years of creditable service;
``(4) $8,000 per year, if the officer has at least 14 but
less than 18 years of creditable service; or
``(5) $10,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or more years
of creditable service.''; and
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as
subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;
(B) by striking ``the rates specified in subsection
(b)'' and inserting ``the rates specified in paragraph
(2)'';
(C) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary'';
and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) The rate of special pay to which an officer is entitled
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be--
``(A) $2,000 per year, if the officer has less than 10
years of creditable service;
``(B) $2,500 per year, if the officer has at least 10 but
less than 12 years of creditable service;
``(C) $3,000 per year, if the officer has at least 12 but
less than 14 years of creditable service;
``(D) $4,000 per year, if the officer has at least 14 but
less than 18 years of creditable service; or
``(E) $5,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or more years
of creditable service.''.
(c) Special Pay for Service as Member of Weapons of Mass
Destruction Civil Support Team.--Section 305b(b) of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``$150'' and inserting ``$300''.
(d) Special Pay or Bonus for Members Extending Duty at Designated
Locations Overseas.--Section 314(b) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$80 per month'' and
inserting ``$200 per month''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$2,000 per year'' and
inserting ``$3,000 per year''.
(e) Special Pay for Special Warfare Officers Extending Period of
Active Duty.--Section 318(d) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``$15,000 for each year'' and inserting ``$20,000
for each year''.
(f) Combat-Related Injury Rehabilitation Pay.--Section 328(d) of
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking ``$430'' and
inserting ``$600''.
(g) Family Separation Allowance.--Section 427(a) of title 37,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``$250'' and inserting
``$450''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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