Sec. 602. Equal incentive pay for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces
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Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Notwithstanding section 1004 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall pay a member of the reserve component of an armed force incentive pay in the same monthly amount as that paid to a member in the regular component of such armed force performing comparable work requiring comparable skills. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 356 the following: 357.
Incentive pay authorities for members of the reserve components of the armed forces. . Not later than September 30, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing— the plan of the Secretary to implement section 357 of such title, as added by subsection (a); an estimate of the costs of such implementation; the number of members described in such section; and any other matter the Secretary determines relevant.
The Secretary may not implement section 357 of such title, as added by subsection
(a)until after— submission of the report under subsection (b); and the Secretary determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives that such implementation shall not have a detrimental effect on the force structure of an Armed Force concerned, including with regard to recruiting or retention of members in the regular component of such Armed Force.