Sec. 617. MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL AVIATION INCENTIVE PAY AND BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR OFFICERS

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## SEC. 617 MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL AVIATION INCENTIVE PAY AND BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR OFFICERS ###

(a)Clarification of Secretarial Authority To Set Requirements for Aviation Incentive Pay Eligibility Subsection

(a)of section 334 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and

(5)as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), respectively, and moving the margin of such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; ####

(2)by striking “ The Secretary ” and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) Incentive pay authorized > > The Secretary” > ; and ####

(3)by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2): > > #### “(2) Officers not currently engaged in flying duty > > The Secretary concerned may pay aviation incentive pay under this section to an officer who is otherwise qualified for such pay but who is not currently engaged in the performance of operational flying duty or proficiency flying duty if the Secretary determines, under regulations prescribed under section 374 of this title, that payment of aviation incentive pay to that officer is in the best interests of the service.” > . ###

(b)Restoration of Authority To Pay Aviation Incentive Pay to Medical Officers Performing Flight Surgeon Duties Subsection (h)(1) of such section is amended by striking “(except a flight surgeon or other medical officer)”. ###

(c)Increase in Maximum Amount of Aviation Special Pays for Flying Duty of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended— ####

(1)in subparagraph (A), by striking “ exceed $850 per month; and ” and inserting > “exceed— > > > ###### “(i) > > $1,000 per month for officers performing qualifying flying duty relating to remotely piloted aircraft (RPA); or > > > ###### “(ii) > > $850 per month for officers performing other qualifying flying duty; and” > ; and ####

(2)in subparagraph (B), by striking “ $25,000 ” and all that follows and inserting > “, for each 12-month period of obligated service agreed to under subsection (d)— > > > ###### “(i) > > $35,000 for officers performing qualifying flying duty relating to remotely piloted aircraft; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > $25,000 for officers performing other qualifying flying duty.” > . ###

(d)Authority To Pay Aviation Bonus and Skill Incentive Pay to Officers Simultaneously Subsection

(f)of such section is amended— ####

(1)in paragraph (1), by striking “353” and inserting “353(a)”; and ####

(2)in paragraph (2)— #####

(A)by striking “a payment” and inserting “a bonus payment”; and #####

(B)by striking “353” and inserting “353(b)”. ###

(e)Report Not later than February 1, 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the empirical case for an increase in special and incentive pay for aviation officers in order to address a specific, statistically-based retention problem with respect to such officers. The report shall include the results of a study, conducted by the Secretary in connection with the case, on a market-based compensation approach to the retention of such officers that considers the pay and allowances offered by commercial airlines to pilots and the propensity of pilots to leave the Air Force to become commercial airline pilots.