[No. 76] METHOD OF COMPUTING BASIC PAY HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 2 OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 9979 TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF COMPUTING BASIC PAY FOR 20066 FEBRUARY 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, MARCH 3, 4, Printed for the use of the House Committee on Armed Services UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1958 [No. 76] H. R. 9979, TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF COMPUTING BASIC PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, SUBCOMMITTEE No. 2, Washington, D. C., Tuesday, February 18, 1958. The subcommittee met at 2 p.m., Hon. Paul Kilday, chairman of the subcommittee presiding. Mr. KILDY. The committee will be in order. We will begin hearings today on H. R. 9979, a bill to change the method of computing basic pay for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. Without objection, H. R. 9979 will appear in the record at this point. (The bill above referred to is as follows:) [H. R. 9979, 85th Cong., 2d sess.] A BILL To change the method of computing basic pay for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congsess assembled, That the Career Compensation Act of 1949 is amended as follows: (1) Title I is amended by adding the following new clauses at the end of section 102 (37 U. S. C. 231): "(1) Members of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, while serving in that status, are considered to be members of the uniformed services. "(m) The term 'active duty' includes active duty for training or any other full-time active duty." (2) Title II is amended as follows: (A) By striking out the heading thereof and present sections 201 and 202 (37 U. S. C. 232 and 233) and inserting the following in place thereof: "TITLE II-BASIC PAY AND SPECIAL PAYS "BASIC PAY-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS "SEC. 201. (a) For the purposes of computing the basic pay of commissioned officers of the uniformed services, pay grades are prescribed and monthly basic pay is established within each pay grade according to years of service in that grade as follows: "(b) For basic pay purposes, commissioned officers are assigned by the rank or grade in which serving, whether under temporary or permanent appointment, to the various pay grades prescribed by subsection (a) of this section, as follows: 1 A limited duty officer of the Navy or Marine Corps in this grade is assigned to a warrant officer pay grade as prescribed in section 202 of this title. "(c) In addition to the pay and allowances otherwise authorized by this Act, commissioned officers of a uniformed service on active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of thirty days or less, are entitled to additional increments of basic pay at monthly rates as follows: In the computation of retired pay, severance pay, or readjustment payments, authorized under any provision of law, or pay provided by section 680 of title 10, United States Code, section 4 (c) of the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946 (37 U. S. C. 33 (c)), or section 219 (c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U. S. C. 210-1), the additional increment provided by this subsection is not considered a part of the active duty pay or of the monthly basic pay of the applicable pay grades of the officers concerned. "BASIC PAY-WARRANT OFFICERS "SEC. 202. (a) For the purposes of computing the basic pay of warrant officers of the uniformed services, pay grades are prescribed and monthly basic pay is established within each pay grade according to years of service in that grade, as follows: "(b) For basic pay purposes, Limited Duty Officers of the Navy or Marine Corps in the following grades, whether under temporary or permanent appointment, are assigned to the pay grades prescribed by subsection (a) of this section, as follows, and are entitled to the rates of pay prescribed therein : "Pay grade Grade W-3.. Lieutenant or captain. Lieutenant (junior grade) or first lieutenant. "BASIC PAY-ENLISTED MEMBERS "SEC. 203. (a) For the purpose of computing the basic pay of enlisted members of the uniformed services, pay grades are prescribed and monthly basic pay is established within each pay grade according to years of service in that grade, as follows: "(b) For basic pay purposes, enlisted members shall be distributed by the Secretary concerned, in the manner determined by him, and with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, in the various pay grades prescribed by subsection (a) of this section. "(c) Aviation cadets of the Navy, the Air Force, or the Marine Corps are entitled to monthly basic pay at the rate of 50 per centum of the base rate of a commissioned officer in pay grade 0-1. "BASIC PAY-ENTITLEMENT "SEC. 204. (a) A member of a uniformed service who is on active duty is entitled to the basic pay of the pay grade to which assigned, or in which distributed, in accordance with his years of service in that pay grade. For the purposes of this Act, a member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard who is performing full-time training, training duty with pay, or other full-time duty, authorized by section 316, 503, 504, or 505 of title 32, United States Code, is considered to be on active duty. "(b) When a member of a uniformed service is ordered to active duty under an order that specifies a period of thirty days or less, or when a member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard is called into Federal service under a call that specifies a period of thirty days or less, the time required to perform travel, as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary concerned, from home to first duty station, and from last duty station to home, is considered active duty. When a member of a uniformed service is ordered to active duty under an order that does not specify a period of thirty days or less, or when a member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard is called into Federal service under a call that does not specify a period of thirty days or less, the time required to perform travel from home to first duty station and from last duty station to home, by the mode of transportation authorized in the orders of the member, is considered active duty. "(c) Any payments accruing under law to any member of a uniformed service incident to his release from active duty or for his return home incident to release from that duty, may be paid to that member before his departure from his last duty station, whether or not he actually performs the travel involved. |