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[CITE: 10USC1603]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
           CHAPTER 83--CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--DEFENSE-WIDE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY
 
Sec. 1603. Additional compensation, incentives, and allowances

    (a) Additional Compensation Based on Title 5 Authorities.--The 
Secretary of Defense may provide employees in defense intelligence 
positions compensation (in addition to basic pay), including benefits, 
incentives, and allowances, consistent with, and not in excess of the 
level authorized for, comparable positions authorized by title 5.
    (b) Allowances Based on Living Costs and Environment.--(1) In 
addition to basic pay, employees in defense intelligence positions who 
are citizens or nationals of the United States and are stationed outside 
the continental United States or in Alaska may be paid an allowance, in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
while they are so stationed.
    (2) An allowance under this subsection shall be based on--
        (A) living costs substantially higher than in the District of 
    Columbia;
        (B) conditions of environment which (i) differ substantially 
    from conditions of environment in the continental United States, and 
    (ii) warrant an allowance as a recruitment incentive; or
        (C) both of the factors specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

    (3) An allowance under this subsection may not exceed the allowance 
authorized to be paid by section 5941(a) of title 5 for employees whose 
rates of basic pay are fixed by statute.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1632(a)(3), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2746.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1603, added Pub. L. 97-89, title VII, 
Sec. 701(a)(1), Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1160; amended Pub. L. 99-145, 
title XIII, Sec. 1302(a)(3), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 738; Pub. L. 99-661, 
div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1343(a)(9), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3992, 
related to limits on pay to members of the Defense Intelligence Senior 
Executive Service, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title 
XVI, Secs. 1632(a)(3), 1635, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2745, 2752, 
effective Oct. 1, 1996.
    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
sections 1590(d) and 1604(b)(2), (d) of this title prior to repeal by 
Pub. L. 104-201, Secs. 1632(a)(3), 1633(a).


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1635 of Pub. L. 104-201, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 1593 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1613 of this title.
