SEC. PROPOSED AMENDMENT In addition to any other basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, or allowances to which he is entitled, each commissioned officer in pay grade 0-5 or above, who is in a scientific or professional category which is determined jointly by the Secretaries concerned to be in short supply, is entitled to special pay at the following rates: (a) For those officers in pay grade 0-5, $60 a month. (b) For those medical or dental officers in pay grade 0-6 or above, $100 a month. (c) For those officers (other than medical or dental) in pay grade 0-6 or above, $185 a month. COMPARABILITY OF COMMISSIONED OFFICER PAY GRADES 0-5 AND 0-6 IN H.R. 5555 TO APPROPRIATE CIVIL SERVICE PAY GRADES The last year in which both civil service and commissioned pay rates were adjusted was 1958 (Public Law 85-422 and Public Law 85-462). Therefore, the relationship that existed between the civil service and commissioned pay rates in 1958 may be used as a basis for evaluating the commissioned officer pay rates proposed under H.R. 5555. In studying these relationships, it is clear that H.R. 5555 represents a serious deterioration of pay comparability for grades O-5 and 0-6 with civil service grades GS-12, 13, 14, and 15. Table 1 compares the 1958 maximum and minimum levels of pay for civil service grades GS-12 through GS-18 with the maximum and minimum pay rates for officers in grades 0-5 and 0-6. These figures have been adjusted for comparability purposes by deducting 62 percent from civil service pay to take account of retirement deductions; and by adding tax savings for commissioned personnel who do not pay Federal or State income taxes on subsistence and quarters allowances. TABLE 1.-Comparison of 1958 minimum and maximum pay scales of officers in grade of lieutenant colonel and colonel with corresponding civil service grades A comparison of the O-5 and 0-6 pay as proposed in H.R. 5555 with the pay necessary to maintain the same relative comparability as was present in the 1958 civil service and commissioned pay schedules yields the amounts shown in table 2. Included in the table are minimum and maximum pay. 0-5 pay Minimum Maximum H.R. 5555 $8, 730 Necessary for comparability with minimum of GS-12 and maximum of GS-14. 10, 042 $13, 629 15, 630 0-6 pay Minimum Maximum H.R. 5555.. Necessary for comparability with minimum of GS-13 and maximum of GS-15. Revised basic pay tables-Pay grades 0-5 and 0-6 Pay grade 2 or less Over 2 Over 3 Over 4 Over 6 Over 8 Over 10 Over 12 Over 14 Pay grade Over 16 Over 18 Over 20 Over 22 Over 26 Over 28 Over 30 Over 32 Over 34 1 As these rates would exceed those for pay grade 0-7 with over 18 years of service for basic pay purposes, similar adjustments in basic pay would be needed for pay grade 0-7 and above. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED CORPS 20-YEAR-RETIREMENT EXPERIENCE TABLE Number of commissioned corps officers retiring under 20-year-retirement provision enacted in 1960-Distributed by grade Source: Prepared by Employment Operations Branch, Division of Operations and Services, Office of Personnel, July 18, 1963. Distribution by grade of Public Health Service physicians, dentists, engineers, and scientists, commissioned corps (June 30, 1963) 1 Doctorate is required for commissioned corps but not for civil service. 2 Medical and dental interns. Distribution by grade of Public Health Service physicians, dentists, engineers, and scientists, civil service 1 Doctorate is required for commissioned corps but not for civil service. 2 These are interns and residents, employed by Freedmen's Hospital under Public Law 330, 80th Cong., who are not in the classified service. Comparison of PHS commissioned officer pay at 0-5 and 0-6 grades with civil service grade equivalents 1 10-5 and 0-6 pay is pay at time of most favorable entry into these grades; 0-6 maximum is highest pay officer can receive. Comparison of PHS commissioned officer pay at 0-5 and 0-6 grades with civil service grade equivalents 1 1 0-5 and 0-6 pay is pay at time of most favorable entry into these grades; 0-6 maximum is highest pay officer can receive. COMPARISON OF PAY OF PHYSICIANS AFTER STIPULATED YEARS OF SERVICE Civil Servicel Public Health Service? Veterans Administration2 21 $18,673 $19,785 Maximum $16,753 Colonel Colonel Maximum $15,665 $13,615 $12,402 Assumes availability of vacant positions in higher grades Fulles-12 GS-15 COMPARISON OF PAY OF PHYSICIANS AFTER STIPULATED YEARS OF SERVICE CIVIL SERVICE, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AND VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION (USED DOD INCREASE PROPOSED AT SENATE HEARINGS) No. Years of Service 39 27 21 3 Assumes availability of vacant positions in higher grades 2Represents general promotion progression |