---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 U.S.C. § 302i"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services"
number: "302i"
heading: "Special pay: pharmacy officers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/37/302i"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Special and Incentive Pays"
  - "Subchapter I — Existing Special Pay, Incentive Pay, and Bonus Authorities"
---

# §302i. Special pay: pharmacy officers

- (a) **Army, Navy, and Air Force Pharmacy Officers.—** Under regulations prescribed pursuant to [section 303a of this title](/usc/37/303a.md), the Secretary of the military department concerned may, subject to [subsection (c)](#c), [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) retention special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under this section to an [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11) who—
  - (1) is a pharmacy [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11) in the Medical Service Corps of the Army or Navy or the Biomedical Sciences Corps of the Air Force; and
  - (2) is on [active duty](/usc/37/101.md?p=18) under a call or order to [active duty](/usc/37/101.md?p=18) for a period of not less than one year.
- (b) **Public Health Service Corps.—** Subject to [subsection (c)](#c), the Secretary of Health and Human Services may [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) retention special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) under this section to an [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11) who—
  - (1) is an [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11) in the Regular or Reserve Corps[^1] of the Public Health Service and is designated as a pharmacy [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11); and
  - (2) is on [active duty](/usc/37/101.md?p=18) under a call or order to [active duty](/usc/37/101.md?p=18) for a period of not less than one year.
- (c) **Limitation on Eligibility for Special Pay.—** Special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) may not be paid under this section to an [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11) serving in a [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) [grade](/usc/37/101.md?p=15) above [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) [grade](/usc/37/101.md?p=15) O–6.
- (d) **Limitation on Amount of Special Pay.—** The amount of retention special [pay](/usc/37/101.md?p=21) paid to an [officer](/usc/37/101.md?p=11) under this section may not exceed $15,000 for any 12-month period.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See Change of Name note below.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 628(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–154; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title VI, § 615(g), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2569.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 107–314, § 615(g)(1), substituted “retention special pay under this section” for “special pay at the rates specified in subsection (d)”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–314, § 615(g)(2), inserted “on Eligibility for Special Pay” after “Limitation” in heading.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–314, § 615(g)(3), added subsec. (d) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “The rate of special pay paid to an officer under subsection (a) or (b) is as follows:

“(1) $3,000 per year, if the officer is undergoing pharmacy internship training or has less than 3 years of creditable service.

“(2) $7,000 per year, if the officer has at least 3 but less than 6 years of creditable service and is not undergoing pharmacy internship training.

“(3) $7,000 per year, if the officer has at least 6 but less than 8 years of creditable service.

“(4) $12,000 per year, if the officer has at least 8 but less than 12 years of creditable service.

“(5) $10,000 per year, if the officer has at least 12 but less than 14 years of creditable service.

“(6) $9,000 per year, if the officer has at least 14 but less than 18 years of creditable service.

“(7) $8,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or more years of creditable service.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Reference to Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service deemed to be a reference to the Ready Reserve Corps, see section 204(c)(3) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

### Application of Increase

In case of amendment by section 615 of Pub. L. 107–314 to increase maximum amount of special pay or bonus that may be paid during any 12-month period, the amended limitation is applicable to 12-month periods beginning after Sept. 30, 2002, see section 615(i) of Pub. L. 107–314, set out as a note under section 301d of this title.