Uniformed Services Special Pay Act

Uniformed Services Special Pay Act - Provides that specified medical, dental, optometry and veterinary officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service who are on active duty for a period of more than thirty days are entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances, to special pay at the following rates: (1) $100 a month for each month of active duty if he has not completed two years of active duty in a specified category; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed two years of active duty.

Provides that a member of a uniformed service who: (1) has completed at least twenty-two months of active duty (other than for training); (2) is designated as having a critical military skill; (3) is not receiving special pay under specified provisions of title 37 of the United States Code; 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.

States that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least three years or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to at least three years, may be paid an amount of not more than $3,000.

Provides for continuation pay for physicians, veterinarians, optometrists, and dentists of the Public Health Service who extend their service on active duty. States that such person may be paid not more than four months' basic pay at the rate applicable to him when he executes the agreement for each additional year that he agrees to serve on active duty. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare shall submit a written report each year to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this special pay program.

Provides that an officer of an armed force who is designated by the Secretary concerned as an officer possessing skills in a critical shortage specialty and whose retention on, or voluntary recall to, active duty in that specialty for a period of not less than one year, but not more than six years, in addition to any other period of active duty for which he is obligated may be paid, in addition to all other compensation, a sum of money not to exceed $4,000 for each year of such agreement.

Provides special pay for participation in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. States that the amount of special pay for those persons possessing critical military skills as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard shall be: (1) up to $2,200 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of the enlistment period; or (2) for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period, ten percent of the total for one year, twenty-two percent of the total for two year, thirty-seven percent of the total for three years, fifty-four percent of the total for four years, or seventy-five percent of the total for five years. States that the amount of such pay for persons not possessing such critical skills shall be: (1) up to $1,000 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment period; or (2) an amount as determined by the above formula for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period.

Sets forth special pay provisions for officers of armed forces in health programs who execute active-duty agreements.