Amendments
2006—Subsec. (f)(2)(C). Pub. L. 109–364 struck out comma after “the term”.
2004—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 108–375 designated existing provisions of subsec. (d) as par. (1) of subsec. (d), redesignated former subsec. (e) as par. (2) of subsec. (d), and added subsec. (e).
2003—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(c)(1), substituted “paragraph” for “clause”.
Subsec. (a)(11) to (13). Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(a), struck out “or” at end of par. (11), added par. (12), and redesignated former par. (12) as (13).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(c)(1), substituted “paragraph” for “clause” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(c)(2), substituted “paragraphs” for “clauses”.
Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(c)(1), substituted “paragraph” for “clause”.
Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(b)(1), substituted “(12)” for “(11)”.
Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(c)(1), substituted “paragraph” for “clause” in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(b)(2), substituted “(13)” for “(12)” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (f)(2)(A). Pub. L. 108–136, § 615(c)(1), substituted “paragraph” for “clause” after “same”.
2001—Subsec. (a)(11), (12). Pub. L. 107–107, § 615(a), added par. (11) and redesignated former par. (11) as (12).
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 107–107, § 615(b)(1), substituted “(11) of subsection (a)” for “(10) of subsection (a)”.
Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 107–107, § 615(b)(2), substituted “(12) of subsection (a)” for “(11) of subsection (a)”.
1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–261 in table substituted “165” for “150” as monthly rate for pay grade E–4, “190” for “150” as monthly rate for pay grade E–5, “215” for “175” as monthly rate for pay grade E–6, and “240” for “200” as monthly rate for pay grades E–7 to E–9.
1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–85, § 614(a)(2), in table substituted “150” for “125” as monthly rate for pay grades O–1, W–1, and E–4.
Pub. L. 105–85, § 614(a)(1), in table substituted “150” for “110” as monthly rate for pay grades O–7 to O–10 and E–1 to E–3.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 105–85, § 614(c), substituted “$150” for “$110” and “$225” for “$165”.
Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 105–85, § 614(b), in table substituted “150” for “100” in first column for pay grade W–1, “150” for “110” in last column for pay grade O–7 and above, and “150” for “125” in first column for pay grades O–1 to O–3, E–4 and below, and E–5, in second column for pay grade W–1, and in fourteenth and fifteenth columns for pay grade E–4 and below.
1996—Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 104–106, § 615(a), substituted “a member” for “an officer (other than a warrant officer)”.
Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104–106, § 615(c)(1), substituted “a member” for “an officer” in provisions before table.
Pub. L. 104–106, § 615(b), amended table generally, adding provisions relating to pay grades W–1 through W–4 and E–4 and below through E–9.
Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 104–106, § 615(c), substituted “a member” for “an officer” and substituted “the member” for “the officer” in two places.
1991—Pub. L. 102–25 struck out “of this section” and “of this subsection” wherever appearing.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–190, § 1111(d)(1), in table inserted provisions relating to pay grade of W–5, compensable at monthly rate of $250, below item relating to pay grade O–1.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102–190, § 614, substituted “in military free fall operations involving parachute deployment by the jumper without the use of a static line” for “at a high altitude with a low opening”.
1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–26, § 8(e)(2)(A), substituted “In this subsection, the term” for “For the purposes of this subsection,”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–26, § 8(d)(1), which directed that subsec. (b) be amended by substituting “Monthly Rate” for “Monthly rate” wherever appearing, could not be executed, because in the one place where the words appear, both words were already capitalized.
Subsec. (f)(2)(C). Pub. L. 100–26, § 8(e)(2)(B), substituted “paragraph, the term” for “paragraph”.
1986—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–661 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “as a crew member, as determined by the Secretary concerned, involving frequent and regular participation in aerial flight;”.
1985—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–145, § 635(a)(1)(A), substituted “a crew member” for “an enlisted crew member”.
Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 99–145, § 635(a)(1)(B), in amending cl. (10) generally, designated existing provisions as cls. (A) and (B) and added cl. (C).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–145, § 635(a)(2), amended table generally, striking out differentiation in pay rates based upon years of service and reflect an upward adjustment in the monthly incentive pay with respect to pay grades E–9 through E–1, and inserted provisions relating to monthly incentive pay for pay grades O–10 through O–1 and W–4 through W–1, respectively.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 99–145, § 1303(b)(2), directed the substitution of “(10),” for “(10),,”. See amendment note below.
Pub. L. 99–145, § 635(a)(3), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “For the performance of the hazardous duty described in clause (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), or (10),, of subsection (a) of this section, an officer is entitled to $110 a month and an enlisted member is entitled to $83 a month.”
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99–145, § 647(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted “for the entire month” after “section 204 of this title”, and added par. (2).
1984—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 98–525, § 624(a)(1), redesignated cl. (4) as (3). Former cl. (3), relating to duty involving frequent and regular participation in glider flights, was struck out.
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 98–525, § 624(a)(1), redesignated cl. (6) as (4). Former cl. (4) redesignated (3).
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 98–525, § 624(a)(1), redesignated cl. (7) as (5). Former cl. (5), relating to duty involving intimate contact with persons afflicted with leprosy, was struck out.
Subsec. (a)(6) to (13). Pub. L. 98–525, § 624(a)(1), redesignated cls. (8) to (13) as (6) to (11), respectively.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 98–525, § 624(a)(2), substituted “or (10),” for “(10), (11), or (12)”.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 98–525, § 624(a)(3), substituted “(11)” for “(13)”.
1983—Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 98–94 inserted “or the testing of aircraft or missile systems (or components of such systems) during which highly toxic fuels or propellants are used”.
1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–60, § 111(a), inserted reference in cl. (10) to a ship other than an aircraft carrier from which aircraft are launched, and added cls. (11) to (13).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–60, § 111(b), amended table to reflect an upward adjustment in the monthly incentive pay.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–60, § 111(c), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted reference to cls. (11) and (12) of subsec. (a) of this section and substituted “$83” for “$55”, and added par. (2).
1980—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96–579, § 3(a), redesignated cl. (4) as (2) and struck out former cl. (2) defining “hazardous duty” as including submarine duty. See section 301c(a)(5) of this title.
Pub. L. 96–513, § 516(5)(A), (B), in subcl. (B) substituted reference to subcl. (A) for reference to cl. (A), and in subcl. (B) substituted reference to subcl. (B) for reference to cl. (B).
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 96–579, § 3(a), redesignated cl. (5) as (3) and struck out former cl. (3) defining “hazardous duty” as including duty as an operator or crew member of an operational, self-propelled submersible, including undersea exploration and research vehicles. See section 301c(a)(5) of this title.
Subsec. (a)(4) to (12). Pub. L. 96–579, § 3(a), redesignated cls. (4) to (12) as (2) to (10), respectively.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–579, § 3(b), struck out par. (1) designation for provision relating to monthly flight incentive pay for enlisted members and struck out par. (2) relating to monthly incentive pay for commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted members for hazardous duty as crew member involving frequent and regular participation in aerial flight, submarine duty, and duty as an operator or crew member of an operational, self-propelled submersible, including undersea exploration and research vehicles, now reflected as to enlisted members in currently upgraded scale in subsec. (b) table and covered in section 301c(b) table reflecting currently upgraded scale for submarine duty by enlisted members, commissioned officers, and warrant officers.
Pub. L. 96–343 redesignated existing provision as par. (2), substituted “(2) or (3)” for “(1), (2), or (3)”, and added par. (1).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–579, § 3(c), inserted references to cls. (2) and (3) and struck out references to cls. (11) and (12) of subsec. (a) of this section.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96–513, § 516(5)(C), substituted reference to subsection (a) for reference to subsection (a)(1)–(12).
1974—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 93–294, § 2(1), substituted “an enlisted crew member” for “a crew member”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 93–294, § 2(2), repealed subsec. (g) which required the Secretary of each military department to report to Congress before January 2 each year the number of officers of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, as the case may be, above the grade of major or lieutenant commander, by grade and age group, who were entitled to incentive pay under subsec. (a)(1) of this section. See section 301a of this title.
1972—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 92–436 included in the hazardous duty for incentive pay of a member of a submarine operational command the application of hours served underway in excess of 48 during the preceding five calendar months and not used to qualify for incentive pay, to satisfy of underway time requirements for the current month.
1966—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 89–718 made only style changes by capitalizing letter designations for cls. “A”, “B”, and “C” and by setting off text following cl. C through the device of moving the margin to the left of the margin for the clauses.
1965—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 89–278 included duty as a member of a submarine operational command staff whose duties require serving on a submarine during underway operations for certain specified periods within term “hazardous duty”.
Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 89–149, § 1, added cl. (12).
Subsecs. (c), (f). Pub. L. 89–149, §§ 2, 3, inserted reference to cl. (12) of subsec. (a).
1963—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 88–132, § 6, substituted “as determined by the Secretary concerned, on a submarine (including, in the case of nuclear-powered submarines, periods of training and rehabilitation after assignment thereto), or, in the case of personnel qualified in submarines, as a prospective crew-member of a submarine being constructed, and during periods of instruction to prepare for assignment to a submarine of advanced design or a position of increased responsibility on a submarine” for “on board a submarine, including, in the case of nuclear-powered submarines, periods of training and rehabilitation after assignment thereto as determined by the Secretary concerned, and including submarines under construction from the time builders’ trials begin”.
Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 88–132, § 7, substituted “inside a high- or low-pressure chamber” for “as a low-pressure chamber inside observer”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 88–132, § 8, substituted “not more than two payments” for “only one payment”.