five-year period of limitation shall run from the termination or removal of the legal disability.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-328, title I, § 105(a), June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 395.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-328 added provisions relating to filling for death benefit payments.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 92-328 effective on the first day of the second calendar month which begins after June 30, 1972, see section 301 (a) of Pub. L. 92-328, set out as a note under section 314 of this title.

§ 3203. Hospitalized veterans and estates of incompetent institutionalized veterans.

(a) (1) Where any veteran having neither wife nor child is being furnished hospital treatment, institutional, or domiciliary care by the Veterans' Administration, no pension in excess of $50 per month shall be paid to or for the veteran for any period after (a) the end of the second full calendar month following the month of admission for treatment or care or (b) readmission for treatment or care within six months following termination of a period of treatment or care of not less than two full calendar months.

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall also apply to a veteran being furnished such care who has a wife but whose pension is payable under section 521(b) of this title. In such a case, the Administrator may apportion and pay to the wife, upon an affirmative showing of hardship, all or any part of the amounts in excess of the amount payable to the veteran while being furnished such care which would be payable to him if pension were payable under section 521(c) of this title.

(b) (1) In any case in which a veteran having neither wife nor child is being furnished hospital treatment, institutional or domiciliary care without charge or otherwise by the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, is rated by the Veterans' Administration in accordance with regulations as being incompetent by reason of mental illness, and his estate from any source equals or exceeds $1,500, further payments of pension, compensation, or emergency officers' retirement pay shall not be made until the estate is reduced to $500. The amount which would be payable but for this paragraph shall be paid to the veteran in a lump sum; however, no payment of a lump sum herein authorized shall be made to the veteran until after the expiration of six months following a finding of competency and in the event of the veteran's death before payment of such lump sum no part thereof shall be payable.

(2) Where any benefit is discontinued by reason of paragraph (1) of this subsection the Administrator may nevertheless apportion and pay to the dependent parents of the veteran on the basis of need all or any part of the benefit which would otherwise be payable to or for such incompetent veteran. Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not prevent the payment, out of any remaining amounts discontinued under that paragraph, on account of any veteran of so much of his pension, compensation, or retirement pay as equals the amount charged to the

veteran for his current care and maintenance in the institution in which treatment or care is furnished him, but not more than the amount determined by the Administrator to be the proper charge as fixed by any applicable statute or valid administrative regulation.

(3) All or any part of the pension, compensation, or retirement pay payable on account of any incompetent veteran who is being furnished hospital treatment, institutional or domiciliary care may, in the discretion of the Administrator, be paid to the chief officer of the institution wherein the veteran is being furnished such treatment or care, to be properly accounted for by such chief officer and to be used for the benefit of the veteran.

(c) Any veteran subject to the provisions of subsection (b) shall be deemed to be single and without dependents in the absence of satisfactory evidence to the contrary. In no event shall increased compensation, pension, or retirement pay of such veteran be granted for any period more than one year before receipt of satisfactory evidence showing such veteran has a wife, child, or dependent parent.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other provision of law, no reduction shall be made in the pension of any veteran for any part of the period during which he is furnished hospital treatment, or institutional or domiciliary care, for Hansen's disease, by the United States or any political subdivision thereof.

(e) Where any veteran in receipt of an aid and attendance allowance described in section 314(r) of this title is hospitalized at Government expense, such allowance shall be discontinued from the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of his admission for such hospitalization for so long as such hospitalization continues. Any discontinuance required by administrative regulation, during hospitalization of a veteran by the Veterans' Administration, of increased pension based on need of regular aid and attendance or additional compensation based on need of regular aid and attendance as described in subsection (1) or (m) of section 314 of this title, shall not be effective earlier than the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of the veteran's admission for hospitalization. In case a veteran affected by this subsection leaves a hospital against medical advice and is thereafter admitted to hospitalization within six months from the date of such departure, such allowance, increased pension, or additional compensation, as the case may be, shall be discontinued from the date of such readmission for so long as such hositalization continues. (As amended Pub. L. 92-328, title I, § 104, June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 93-177, § 5, Dec. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 696.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 93-177 substituted "$50" for "$30".

1972 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104 (a), (b), struck out subsec. (a), which related to the payment of compensation or retirement pay to veterans being furnished hospital treatment, institutional or domiciliary care by the Veterans' Administration. Former subsec. (d) was redesignated as (a).

Subsec. (b) (1). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104 (c), redesignated subsec. (b) (2) as (b) (1), and as so redesignated, added provisions relating to the rating by the Veterans' Admin

istration of a veteran as incompetent by reason of mental illness and provisions relating to the payment of a lump sum to the veteran until after the expiration of six months following the finding of competency of the veteran. Former subsec. (b) (1), which related to the payment of compensation or retirement pay pursuant to the provisions of former subsec. (a) of this section to veterans rated by the Veterans' Administration as incompetent, was struck out.

Subsec. (b) (2). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104 (c), (d), redesignated subsec. (b) (3) as (b)(2), and as so redesignated, substituted “(1)” for “(2)" wherever appearing therein. Former subsec. (b) (2) was redesignated as (b)(1).

Subsec. (b) (3). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104(d), redesignated subsec. (b) (4) as (b) (3). Former subsec. (b) (3) was redesignated as (b) (2) and amended.

Subsec. (b) (4). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104(d), redesignated subsec. (b) (4) as (b) (3).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104 (e), struck out "(a) or" following "subsection".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92–328, § 104(b), (f), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d), and as so redesignated, struck out compensation, or retirement pay" following "pension". Former subsec. (d) was redesignated as (a).

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104(f), (g), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e). Former subsec. (e) was redesignated as (d).

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 92-328, § 104(g), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-177 effective Jan. 1, 1974, see section 8 of Pub. L. 93-177, set out as a note under section 521 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 92-328 effective on the first day of the second calendar month which begins after June 30, 9172, see section 301(a) of Pub. L. 92-328, set out as a note under section 314 of this title.

For effective date of Pub. L. 92-328, see Effective Date of 1972 Amendment notes set out under sections 210, 314, and 334 of this title.

PAYMENT OF LUMP SUM COMPENSATION OR RETIREMENT PAY TO VETERANS WITHHELD PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS IN EFFECT ON THE DAY BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PUB. L. 92-328

Section 106 of Pub. L. 92-328 provided that: "All compensation or retirement pay which is being withheld pursuant to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) (1) of section 3203, title 38, United States Code, in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act [former subsecs. (a) and (b)(1) of this section], shall be paid to the veteran, if competent, in a lump sum. If the veteran is incompetent, the withheld amounts shall be paid in a lump sum, or successive lump sums, subject to the $1,500 and $500 limitations of subsection (b)(1) of such section 3203 as amended by this Act [subsec. (b)(1) of this section]. If a competent veteran dies before payment is made the withheld amounts shall be paid according to the order of precedence, and subject to the time limitation, of subsection (a) (2) of such section 3203 in effect the day, before the effective date of this Act [former subsec. (a) (2) of this section]. In the event of the death of an incompetent veteran before payment of all withheld amounts, no part of the remainder shall be payable."

Chapter 57.-RECORDS AND INVESTIGATIONS § 3301. Confidential nature of claims.

All files, records, reports, and other papers and documents pertaining to any claim under any of the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration and the names and addresses of present or former personnel of the armed services, and their dependents, in the possession of the Veterans' Administration shall be confidential and privileged, and no disclosure thereof shall be made except as follows:

(9) the Administrator may, pursuant to regulations he shall prescribe, release the names and addresses of present or former personnel of the armed services, and/or dependents to any nonprofit organization but only if the release is directly connected with the conduct of programs and the utilization of benefits under this title. Any such organization or member thereof which uses such names and addresses for purposes other than those specified in this clause shall be fined not more than $500 in the case of a first offense, and not more than $5,000 in the case of subsequent offenses. (As amended Pub. L. 92-540, title IV, § 412, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1093.)

(d) (1) After September 1, 1959, no forfeiture of benefits may be imposed under this section or section 3504 of this title upon any individual who was a resident of, or domiciled in, a State at the time the act or acts occurred on account of which benefits would, but not for this subsection, be forfeited unless such individual ceases to be a resident of, or domiciled in, a State before the expiration of the period during which criminal prosecution could be instituted. This subsection shall not apply with respect to (a) any forfeiture occurring before September 1, 1959, or (b) an act or acts which occurred in the Philippine Islands prior to July 4, 1946.

(2) The Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to review all cases in which, because of a false or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, statement, voucher, or paper, a forfeiture of gratuitous benefits under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration was imposed, pursuant to this section or prior provisions of law, on or before September 1, 1959. In any such case in which he determines that the forfeiture would not have been imposed under the provisions of this section in effect after September 1, 1959, he shall remit the forfeiture, effective the date of enactment of this amendatory Act. Benefits to which the individual concerned becomes eligible by virtue of any such remission may be awarded, upon application therefor, and the effective date of any award of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension made in such a case shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section 3010(g) of this title.

(As amended Pub. L. 92-328, title II, § 206, June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 397.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The date of enactment of this amendatory Act, referred to in subsec. (d) (1), means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 92-328, which was approved June 30, 1972.

AMENDMENTS

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-328 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 92-328 effective on June 30, 1972, see section 301(c) of Pub. L. 92-328, set out as a note under section 210 of this title.

§ 3504. Forfeiture for treason.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 3503 of this title.

§ 3505. Forfeiture for subversive activities.

(a) Any individual who is convicted after the date of enactment of this section of any offense listed in subsection (b) of this section shall, from and after the date of commission of such offense, have no right to gratuitous benefits (including the right to burial in a national cemetery) under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration based on periods of military, naval, or air service commencing before the date of the commission of such offense and no other person shall be entitled to such benefits on account of such individual. After receipt of notice of the return of an indictment for such an offense the Veterans' Administration shall suspend payment of such gratuitous benefits pending disposition of the criminal proceedings. If any individual whose right to benefits has been terminated pursuant to this section is granted a pardon of the offense by the President of the United States, the right to such benefits shall be restored as of the date of such pardon.

(b) The offenses referred to in subsection (a) of this section are those offenses for which punishment is prescribed (1) in the following provisions of title 18, United States Code: sections 792, 793, 794, 798, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, 2385, 2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, and chapter 105; (2) in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, articles 94, 104, and 106; (3) in the following sections of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; sections 222, 223, 224, 225, and 226; and (4) in section 4 of the Internal Security Act of 1950.

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(As amended Pub. L. 92-128, § 2(c), Sept. 25, 1971, 85 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 93-43, § 8, June 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 88.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-43 inserted "(including the right to burial in a national cemetery)" after "gratuitous benefits" in the first sentence.

1971-Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 92-128 substituted "in section 4 of the Internal Security Act of 1950" for "in the following sections of the Internal Security Act of 1950; sections 4, 112, and 113".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-43 effective June 18, 1973, see section 10(a) of Pub. L. 93-43, set out as a note under section 1000 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1002 of this title.

Sec.

4103. Office of the Chief Medical Director. 4104. Additional appointments.

4105. Qualifications of appointees.

4106. Period of appointment; promotions.

4107. Grades and pay scales.

4108. Personnel administration.

4109. Retirement rights.

4110. Disciplinary boards.

4111. Appointment of additional employees.

4112. Special Medical Advisory Group; other advisory bodies.

4113. Travel expenses of employees.

4114. Temporary full-time, part-time, and without compensation appointments; residencies or internships.

4115. Regulations. 4116. Defense of certain malpractice and negligence suits. 4117. Contracts for scarce medical specialist services. SUBCHAPTER II-REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION

CENTERS

4121. Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers. 4122. Supervision and staffing of Centers. 4123. Personnel eligible for training. 4124. Consultation.

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 204 (b), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 192, substituted "Personnel administration" for "Administration" in item 4108.

1972-Pub. L. 92-541, § 3(b), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1108, designated existing sections as subchapter I and added subchapter II.

SUBCHAPTER I.-ORGANIZATION: GENERAL § 4101. Functions of Department.

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(b) In order to carry out more effectively the primary function of the Department of Medicine and Surgery to provide a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans and in order to assist in providing an adequate supply of health manpower to the Nation, the Administrator shall, to the extent feasible without interfering with the medical care and treatment of veterans, develop and carry out a program of education and training of such health manpower (including the developing and evaluating of new health careers, interdisciplinary approaches and career advancement opportunities), and shall carry out a major program for the recruitment, training, and employment of veterans with medical military occupation specialties as physicians' assistants, dentists' assistants, and other medical technician (including advising all such qualified veterans and servicemen about to be discharged or released from active duty of such employment opportunities), acting in cooperation with such schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, public health, or allied health professions; other institutions of higher learning; medical centers; academic health centers; hospitals; and such other public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, or organizations as the Administrator deems appropriate.

(c) (1) Within ninety days after enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in consultation with the Chief Medical Director, is directed to conclude negotiations for an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which such Academy (utilizing its full resources and expertise) will conduct an extensive review and appraisal of personnel and other resource requirements in Veterans' Ad

ministration hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities to determine a basis for the optimum numbers and categories of such personnel and other resources needed to insure the provisions to eligible veterans of high quality care in all hospital, medical, domiciliary, and nursing home facilities. Such agreement shall provide that (A) at the earliest feasible date interim reports and the final report will be submitted by the National Academy of Sciences to the Administrator, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and (B) the final report will be submitted no later than tweny-four months after the date of the agreement except that the Administrator, in consultation with the Chief Medical Director and after consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs, may permit an extension up to twelve additional months.

(2) Within ninety days after the submission of the final report described in subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall submit to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs a detailed report of his views on the National Academy of Sciences' findings and recommendations submitted in such report, including (A) the steps and timetable therefor (to be carried out in not less than three years) he proposes to take to implement such findings and recommendations and (B) any disagreements, and the reasons therefor, with respect to such findings and recommendations.

(3) The Administrator shall cooperate fully with the National Academy of Sciences, and make available to the Academy all such staff, information, records, and other assistance, and shall set aside for such purposes such sums, as are necessary to insure the success of the study. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 201, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 187.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Ninety days after enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (c), means ninety days after the enactment of Pub. L. 92-83, which was approved Aug. 2, 1973.

AMENDMENTS

1973 Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-82 authorized the Administrator to develop and carry out a program of education and training of health manpower and to carry out a major program for the recruitment, training, and employment of veterans with medical military occupation specialties as physicians' assistants, dentists' assistants, and other medical technicians, and advise qualified veterans and servicemen about to be discharged or released from active duty of such employment opportunities, acting in cooperation with such schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, public health, or allied health professions and such others as the Administrator deems appropriate. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-82 added subsec. (c).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 4121, 5070, 5096 of this title.

§ 4103. Office of the Chief Medical Director.

(a) The Office of the Chief Medical Director shall consist of the following

(4) Not to exceed eight Assistant Chief Medical Directors, who shall be appointed by the Administrator upon the recommendations of the Chief Medical Director. Not more than two Assistant Chief Medical Directors may be individuals qualified in the administration of health services who are not doctors of medicine, dental surgery, or dental medicine. One Assistant Chief Medical Director shall be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine who shall be directly responsible to the Chief Medical Director for the operation of the Dental Service.

(7) A Director of Pharmacy Service, a Director of Dietetic Service, and a Director of Optometry, appointed by the Administrator.

(As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 202, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 188.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a) (4). Pub. L. 92-83, § 202(1), increased the number of Assistant Chief Medical Directors to eight and added provision that not more than two such Directors may be individuals qualified in the administration of health services who are not doctors of medicine, dental surgery, or dental medicine.

Subsec. (a) (7). Pub. L. 93-82, § 202(2), substituted "A Director of Pharmacy Service, a Director of Dietic Service, and a Director of Optometry" for "A Chief Phamacist, and a Chief Dietitian".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 93-82 effective Sept. 1, 1973, see section 501 of Pub. L. 93-82, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.

§ 4104. Additional appointments.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 4114 of this title. § 4107. Grades and pay scales.

(a) The per annum full-pay scale or ranges for positions provided in section 4103 of this title, other than Chief Medical Director and Deputy Chief Medical Director, shall be as follows:

SECTION 4103 SCHEDULE

Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, at the annual rate provided in section 5316 of title 5 for positions in level V of the Executive Schedule. Assistant Chief Medical Director, $41,734. Medical Director, $36,103 minimum to $40,915 maximum.

Director of Nursing Service, $36,103 minimum to $40,915 maximum.

Director of Chaplain Service, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum.

Director of Pharmacy Service, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum.

Director of Dietetic Service, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum.

Director of Optometry, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum.

(b) (1) The grades and per annum full-pay ranges for positions provided for in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of this title shall be as follows:

PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST SCHEDULE

Director grade, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maxi

mum.

Executive grade, $28,996 minimum to $37,699 max

imum.

Chief grade, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maxi

mum.

Senior grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maxi

mum.

Intermediate grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maximum.

Full grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum Associate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maximum.

NURSE SCHEDULE

Director grade, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maxi

mum.

Assistant Director grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maximum.

Chief grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maximum.

Senior grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum.

Intermediate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maximum.

Full grade, $11,614 minimum to $15,097 maximum. Associate grade, $10,012 minimum to $13,018 maximum.

Junior grade, $8,572 minimum to $11,146 maxi

mum.

(2) No person may hold the director grade in the "Physician and Dentist Schedule" unless he is serving as a director of a hospital, domiciliary, center, or outpatient clinic (independent). No person may hold the executive grade unless he holds the position of chief of staff at a hospital, center, or outpatient clinic (independent), or comparable position.

(d) The limitations in section 5308 of title 5 shall apply to pay under this section.

(e) (1) In addition to the basic compensation provided for nurses in subsection (b)(1) of this section, a nurse shall receive additional compensation as provided by paragraphs (2) through (8) of this subsection.

(2) A nurse performing service on a tour of duty, any part of which is within the period commencing at 6 postmeridian and ending at 6 antemeridian, shall receive additional compensation for each hour of service on such tour at a rate equal to 10 per centum of the employee's basic hourly rate, if at least four hours of such tour fall between 6 postmeridian and 6 antemeridian. When less than four hours of such tour fall between 6 postmeridian and 6 antemeridian, the nurse shall be paid the differential for each hour of work performed between those hours.

(3) A nurse performing service on a tour of duty, any part of which is within the period commencing at midnight Saturday and ending at midnight Sunday, shall receive additional compensation for each hour of service on such tour at a rate equal to 25 per centum of such nurse's basic hourly rate.

(4) A nurse performing service on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order shall receive such nurse's regular rate of basic pay, plus additional pay at a rate equal to such regular rate of basic pay, for that holiday work, including overtime work. Any service required to be performed by a

nurse on such a designated holiday shall be deemed to be a minimum of two hours in duration.

(5) A nurse performing officially ordered or approved hours of service in excess of forty hours in an administrative workweek, or in excess of eight hours in a day, shall receive overtime pay for each hour of such additional service; the overtime rates shall be one and one-half times such nurse's basic hourly rate, not to exceed one and one-half times the basic hourly rate for the minimum rate of Intermediate grade of the Nurse Schedule. For the purposes of this paragraph, overtime must be of at least fifteen minutes duration in a day to be creditable for overtime pay. Compensatory time off in lieu of pay for service performed under the provisions of this paragraph shall not be permitted. Any excess service performed under this paragraph on a day when service was not scheduled for such nurse, or for which such nurse is required to return to her place of employment, shall be deemed to be a minimum of two hours in duration.

(6) For the purpose of computing the additional compensation provided by paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection, a nurse's basic hourly rate shall be derived by dividing such nurse's annual rate of basic compensation by two thousand and eighty.

(7) When a nurse is entitled to two or more forms of additional pay under paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) for the same period of duty, the amounts of such additional pay shall be computed separately on the basis of such nurse's basic hourly rate of pay, except that no overtime pay as provided in paragraph (5) shall be payable for overtime service performed on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order in addition to pay received under paragraph (4) for such service.

(8) A nurse who is officially scheduled to be on call outside such nurse's regular hours shall be compensated for each hour of such on-call duty, except for such time as such nurse may be called back to work, at a rate equal to 10 per centum of the hourly rate for excess service as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection.

(9) Any additional compensation paid pursuant to this subsection shall not be considered as basic compensation for the purposes of subchapter VI and section 5595 of subchapter IX of chapter 55, chapter 81, 83, or 87 of title 5, or other benefits based on basic compensation. (As amended Pub. L. 93-82, title II, § 203, Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 188.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-82, § 203 (a), substituted provisions for the pay scale of Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director to be at the annual rate provided in section 5316 of Title 5 for positions in level V of the Executive Schedule, for "$36,000", substituted "Director of Pharmacy Service" for "Chief Pharmacist", "Director of Dietetic Service" for "Chief Dietitian", added “Director of Optometry, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum", and increased the minimum and maximum for all positions in section 4103 schedule.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-82, 203(b)(1), in par. (1), increased the salary maximums and minimums for all positions in "Physician and Dentist Schedule" and "Nurse Schedule" and added "Director Grade, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum" in the Nurse Schedule, and in par. (2), substituted "the director grade in the Physician and Dentist Schedule" for "the director grade".

Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 93-82, § 203 (b) (2), added subsecs. (d) and (e).